Soyuz TM-26
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| Mission Statistics | |
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| Mission Name: | Soyuz TM-26 |
| Call Sign: | Родни́к (Rodnik - Spring) |
| Number of Crew Members: | 2 launched / 3 landed |
| Launch: | August 5, 1997 15:35:54 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | February 19, 1998 09:10:30 UTC 30 km of Arkalyk (50.18 N; 67.50 E) |
| Duration: | 197 days 17 hours 34 minutes 36 seconds |
| Number of Orbits: | ~3,220 |
Crew
Launched:
- Anatoly Solovyev (5)
- Pavel Vinogradov (1)
Landed:
- Anatoly Solovyev (5)
- Pavel Vinogradov (1)
- Léopold Eyharts (1)
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 193 km
- Apogee: 249 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 88.6 minutes
Mission Highlights
32nd expedition to Mir.
Soyuz TM-26 is a Russian spacecraft that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to the MIR space station. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 15:36 UT. The main mission was to transport two specially trained cosmonauts to repair or salvage the troubled space station. TM-26 docked with MIR at 17:03 UT on 7 August 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 "space walk" inside that module. Repairing or replacing the segments of the solar panels on that module and sealing the hole(s) may be delayed until the next Soyuz mission.
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