Soyuz TM-2
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| Mission name | Soyuz TM-2 | ||||
| Crew size | 2 launched, 3 landed | ||||
| Call sign | Taimyr | ||||
| Launch date | 21:38:16, February 5, 1987 (UTC)[1] Gagarin's Start |
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| Landing | 01:04:12, July 30, 1987 (UTC)[2] 80 km from Arkalyk |
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| Mission duration | 174 days, 3 h, 25 min, 56 s | ||||
| Number of orbits | ~2,810 | ||||
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Soyuz TM-2 was the spacecraft used to launch a long duration crew to the Soviet space station Mir, which was unmanned at the time. TM-2 was launched in February 1987, and it was first manned spaceflight of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft,[3] and the second manned spaceflight to Mir (the first being Soyuz T-15). The crew of the long duration expedition, Mir EO-2, who were launched by TM-2 consisted of Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Aleksandr Laveykin.
The spacecraft remained docked to Mir, functioning as a lifeboat for the EO-2 crew, until July 1987 when it returned to Earth carrying Laveykin and the two man crew of Mir EP-1. Romanenko later returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-3 at the end of EO-2.
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Crew [edit]
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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| Commander |  Yuri RomanenkoMir EO-2 Third spaceflight |
Aleksandr Viktorenko Mir EP-1 First spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer | Aleksandr Laveykin Mir EO-2 First spaceflight |
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| Research Cosmonaut | None |  Muhammed FarisMir EP-1 First spaceflight |
Mission parameters [edit]
- Mass: 7100 kg
- Perigee: 341 km
- Apogee: 365 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 91.6 minutes
Mission highlights [edit]
Early in the expedition EO-2, the module Kvant-1 was launched to automatically dock with Mir. The docking system, known as the "Igla system", was not behaving as expected. On April 5 the EO-2 crew retreated to the Soyuz TM-2 spacecraft so that they could escape in the event the module got out of control. About 200 m out, the docking system lost its lock on Mir’s aft port antenna. The cosmonauts watched from within Soyuz-TM 2 as the Kvant/ FSM combination passed within 10 m of the station.[1] Following an emergency spacewalk, Kvant fully docked to the station on April 11.
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Mir EO-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ "Mir EP-1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ "Soyuz TM". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
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