Soyuz TM-15
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| Mission Statistics | |
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| Mission Name: | Soyuz TM-15 |
| Call Sign: | Rodnik (Spring) |
| Number of Crew Members: | 3 launched / 2 landed |
| Launch: | July 27, 1992 06:08:42 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | February 1, 1993 03:49:57 UTC near Dzhezkazgan |
| Duration: | 188 days 21 hours 41 minutes 15 seconds |
| Number of Orbits: | ~3,070 |
Crew
Launched:
- Anatoly Solovyev (3)
- Sergei Avdeyev (1)
- Michel Tognini (1) - France
Landed:
- Anatoly Solovyev (3)
- Sergei Avdeyev (1)
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 196 km
- Apogee: 216 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 88.6 minutes
Mission Highlights
15th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut from France.
Michel Tognini, passenger aboard Soyuz- TM 15, was the third Frenchman to visit a space station. He conducted ten experiments using 300 kg of equipment delivered by Progress-M flights. Tognini spent 3 weeks in space as part of ongoing space cooperation between Russia and France.
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