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Soyuz TM-10
| Mission Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Mission Name: | Soyuz TM-10 |
| Call Sign: | Вулка́н (Vulkan - Volcano) |
| Number of Crew Members: | 2 launched / 3 landed |
| Launch: | August 1, 1990 09:32:21 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | December 10, 1990 06:08:12 UTC 69 km NW of Arkalyk |
| Duration: | 130 days 20 hours 35 minutes 51 seconds |
| Number of Orbits: | ~2,125 |
Crew
Launched:
- Gennadi Manakov (1)
- Gennady Strekalov (5)
Landed:
- Gennadi Manakov (1)
- Gennady Strekalov (5)
- Toyohiro Akiyama (1), Reporter-Japan
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 198 km
- Apogee: 219 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 88.7 minutes
Mission Highlights
10th expedition to Mir. Marked return to earth of Japanese reporter/tourist.
The Vulkans arrived at Mir’s aft port with four passengers—quail for cages in Kvant 2. A quail 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.
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.
| Previous Mission: Soyuz TM-9 |
Soyuz programme | Next Mission: Soyuz TM-11 |
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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