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Soyuz TM-13
| Mission Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Mission Name: | Soyuz TM-13 |
| Call Sign: | Донба́сс (Donbass) |
| Number of Crew Members: | 3 |
| Launch: | October 2, 1991 05:59:38 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | March 25, 1992 08:51:22 UTC near Dzhezkazgan |
| Duration: | 175 days 02 hours 51 minutes 44 seconds |
| Number of Orbits: | ~2,730 |
Crew
Launched:
- Alexander A. Volkov (3)
- Toktar Aubakirov (1)- Kazakhstan
- Franz Viehböck (1) - Austria
Landed:
- Alexander A. Volkov (3)
- Sergei Krikalev (1)
- Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1) - Germany
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 195 km
- Apogee: 232 km
- Inclination: 51.7°
- Period: 92.4 minutes
Mission Highlights
13th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut from Austria and cosmonaut from Kazakhstan.
Soyuz-TM 13 carried Austrian cosmonaut-researcher Franz Viehboeck and 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 Viehboeck to Mir, and the Kazakh cosmonaut flew partly in an effort to encourage newlyindependent 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. Artsebarski traded places with Volkov and returned to Earth in Soyuz-TM 12.
Spent 175 days docked to Mir. Krikalev launched from the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR, and landed in independent Kazakhstan.
| Previous Mission: Soyuz TM-12 |
Soyuz programme | Next Mission: Soyuz TM-14 |
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