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Soyuz TM-26

1997 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir

1997 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir

FieldValue
nameSoyuz TM-26
insigniaSoyuz_TM-26_patch.png
operatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR_ID1997-038A
mission_duration197 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes, 36 seconds
orbits_completed~3,220
spacecraft_typeSoyuz-TM
manufacturerRKK Energia
launch_mass7150 kg
launch_dateUTC
launch_rocketSoyuz-U
landing_dateUTC
landing_site
crew_size2 up
3 down
crew_membersAnatoly Solovyev
Pavel Vinogradov
crew_landingLéopold Eyharts
crew_callsignРодни́к (Rodnik - Spring)
orbit_referenceGeocentric
orbit_regimeLow Earth
orbit_periapsis193 km
orbit_apoapsis249 km
orbit_inclination51.6 degrees
apsisgee
docking_targetMir
docking_typedock
previous_missionSoyuz TM-25
next_missionSoyuz TM-27
programmeSoyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

3 down Pavel Vinogradov

(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TM-26 was a Russian spaceflight that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to Mir. It was the 32nd expedition to Mir. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on August 5, 1997. The main mission was to transport two specially-trained cosmonauts to repair or salvage the troubled space station.

TM-26 docked with Mir on August 7 by manual control. The crew repaired the power cable and harness/connectors in the severely damaged Spektr module and restored much of the lost power; they also repaired and replaced the oxygen generators in Mir. The hole(s) in that module that caused total depressurization of the module could not be located during their spacewalk inside that module.

During the flight a television advertisement starring Vasily Tsibliyev was filmed on the station. The ad, for Tnuva's brand of UHT milk, was the first ad to be filmed in space.

Crew

References

References

  1. The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-26.htm
  2. "First commercial filmed in space".
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