Soyuz TM-13
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COSPAR ID | 1991-069A |
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SATCAT no. | 21735![]() |
Crew | |
Members | 3 |
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Crew
Launched:
- Alexander Volkov (3) - Commander -
Soviet space programme
- Toktar Aubakirov (1) - Cosmonaut-Researcher -
Soviet space programme
- Franz Viehböck (1) - Cosmonaut-Researcher -
Austrian Space Agency
Landed:
- Alexander Volkov (3) - Commander -
Russia
- Sergei Krikalev (2) -
Kazakhstan
- Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1) -
DLR
(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
Mission highlights
13th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut from Austria and cosmonaut from soon to be independent Kazakhstan.
Soyuz-TM 13 carried Austrian cosmonaut-researcher Franz Viehböck and still Soviet-Kazakh cosmonaut-researcher Toktar Aubakirov. The flight was unusual for carrying no flight engineer. Veteran Russian cosmonaut Alexandr Volkov commanded. The Austrians paid $7 million to fly Viehböck to Mir, and the Kazakh cosmonaut flew partly in an effort to encourage newly independent Kazakhstan to continue to permit launchings from Baikonur Cosmodrome. The cosmonaut-researchers photographed their respective countries from orbit and conducted the usual range of materials processing and medical experiments. Artsebarsky traded places with Volkov and returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-12.
Spent 175 days docked to Mir. Krikalev, aka "the last Citizen of the USSR ", launched from the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR, and landed in independent Kazakhstan.