Soyuz TM-26

Soyuz TM-26
Mission insignia
Mission statistics
Mission name	Soyuz TM-26
Spacecraft mass	7150 kg
Crew size	2 launched / 3 landed
Call sign	Родни́к (Rodnik - Spring)
Launch date	August 5, 1997 15:35:54 UTC Gagarin's Start
Landing	February 19, 1998 09:10:30 UTC 30 km of Arkalyk 50.18°N 67.50°E / 50.18; 67.50
Mission duration	197 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes, 36 seconds
Number of orbits	~3,220
Apogee	249 km
Perigee	193 km
Orbital period	88.6 minutes
Orbital inclination	51.6°
Related missions
Previous mission Subsequent mission Soyuz TM-25 Soyuz TM-27

Damaged solar array of the Spektr module after Progress M-34 freighter colliding with the Mir space station on June 25, 1997

Soyuz TM-26 is a Russian spacecraft that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to the Mir, the Russian space station. It was the 32nd expedition to Mir. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on August 5, 1997. The main mission was to transport two specially-trained cosmonauts to repair or salvage the troubled space station.

TM-26 docked with Mir on August 7 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 spacewalk inside that module.

Crew

Position	Launching Crew	Landing Crew
Commander	Anatoly Solovyev Fifth spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Pavel Vinogradov First spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut	None	Léopold Eyharts First spaceflight