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Soyuz TM-18
1994 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir
1994 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Soyuz TM-18 |
| insignia | Soyuz TM-18 patch.png |
| mission_type | Mir crew transport |
| operator | Rosaviakosmos |
| COSPAR_ID | 1994-001A |
| SATCAT | 22957 |
| mission_duration | 182 days, 27 minutes, 1 second |
| orbits_completed | ~2,910 |
| spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 67 |
| spacecraft_type | Soyuz-TM |
| manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| launch_mass | 7150 kg |
| launch_date | UTC |
| launch_rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| launch_site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| landing_date | UTC |
| landing_site | 110 km north of Arkalyk |
| crew_size | 3 up |
| 2 down | |
| crew_members | Viktor Afanasyev |
| Yury Usachov | |
| crew_launching | Valeri Polyakov |
| crew_callsign | Дербе́нт (Derbent) |
| orbit_epoch | 7 February 1994390 km |
| orbit_reference | Geocentric |
| orbit_regime | Low Earth |
| orbit_periapsis | 384 km |
| orbit_apoapsis | 390 km |
| orbit_inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| orbit_period | 92.29 minutes |
| apsis | gee |
| docking_target | Mir |
| docking_type | dock |
| docking_port | Kvant-1 aft |
| docking_date | 10 January 1994, 11:50:20 UTC |
| undocking_date | 9 July 1994, 07:12:59 UTC |
| previous_mission | Soyuz TM-17 |
| next_mission | Soyuz TM-19 |
| programme | Soyuz programme |
| (Crewed missions) |
2 down Yury Usachov
(Crewed missions)
Soyuz TM-18 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome and landed 112 km north of Arkalyk. TM-18 was a two-day solo flight that docked with the Mir space station on January 10, 1994. The three cosmonauts became the 15th resident crew on board Mir. The crew did research work in space flight medicine, primarily by cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov during his long-term flight, and accomplished 25 different experiments.
Crew
Mission highlights
18th expedition to Mir.
Afanasyev and Usachev spent 179 days on Mir. Dr. Polyakov was slated to return to Earth on Soyuz-TM 20 in March 1995, after more than 420 days on Mir.
References
References
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page.
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