Soyuz TM-10
Appearance
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COSPAR ID | 1990-067A |
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SATCAT no. | 20722 |
Crew | |
Members | 2 launched / 3 landed |
Soyuz TM-10 was the tenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.
Crew
Launched:
Landed:
- Gennadi Manakov (1) - Soviet space programme
- Gennady Strekalov (4) - Soviet space programme
- Toyohiro Akiyama (1) - Reporter - Japan
(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
Mission highlights
TM-10 marked the return to earth of Japanese reporter Toyohiro Akiyama.
The Soyuz arrived at Mir's aft port with four passengers: quail for cages in Kvant-2. A quail had laid an egg en route to the station. It was returned to Earth, along with 130 kg of experiment results and industrial products, in Soyuz TM-9. The spacecraft landed without incident.
It spent 131 days attached to Mir. A camera was installed in the descent module as part of the agreement with Akiyama’s network to film the reactions of the returning cosmonauts.