Soyuz TM-15
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| Mission name | Soyuz TM-15 | ||||
| Spacecraft mass | 7150 kg | ||||
| Crew size | 3 launched / 2 landed | ||||
| Call sign | Rodnik (Spring) | ||||
| Launch date | July 27, 1992 06:08:42 UTC Gagarin's Start |
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| Landing | February 1, 1993 03:49:57 UTC near Dzhezkazgan |
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| Mission duration | 188 days 21 hours 41 minutes 15 seconds | ||||
| Number of orbits | ~3,070 | ||||
| Apogee | 216 km | ||||
| Perigee | 196 km | ||||
| Orbital period | 88.6 minutes | ||||
| Orbital inclination | 51.6° | ||||
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[edit] Crew
| Position | Launching Crew | Landing Crew |
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| Commander |  Anatoly SolovyevThird spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer | Sergei Avdeyev First spaceflight |
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| Research Cosmonaut |  Michel TogniniFirst spaceflight |
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[edit] Mission highlights
15th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut Michel Tognini 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 2 weeks in space as part of ongoing space cooperation between Russia and France.
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