Soyuz TM-25

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Soyuz TM-25
Mission insignia
Soyuz-tm25.jpg
Mission statistics
Mission name Soyuz TM-25
Spacecraft mass 7150 kg
Crew size 3 launched / 2 landed
Call sign Си́риус (Sirius)
Launch date February 10, 1997
14:09:30 UTC
Gagarin's Start
Landing August 14, 1997
12:17:10 UTC
170 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
Mission duration 184 days, 22 hours, 07 minutes, 40 seconds
Number of orbits ~2,950
Apogee 394 km
Perigee 378 km
Orbital period 90.28 minutes
Orbital inclination 51.56°
Related missions
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Soyuz TM-24 Soyuz TM-24 Soyuz-tm26.jpgSoyuz TM-26

[edit] Crew

Position Launching Crew Landing Crew
Commander Russia Vasili Tsibliyev
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer Russia Aleksandr Lazutkin
First spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut Germany Reinhold Ewald
First spaceflight
None

[edit] Mission highlights

This was the 30th expedition to Mir. An ESA astronaut from Germany was included on the mission.

Soyuz TM-25 is a Russian spacecraft that was launched to carry astronauts and supplies to Mir station. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baykonur cosmodrome at 14:09 UT to ferry three cosmonauts for a 162-day stay at the station; it docked with the station at 15:51 UT on 12 February 97. Within meters of automatic approach to the station, a slight misalignment was noted, and the commander of the module had to dock it by manual steering.

Coordinates: 47°36′N 69°42′E / 47.6°N 69.7°E / 47.6; 69.7

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