Soyuz TM-26
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Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 1997-038A |
SATCAT no. | 24886 |
Mission duration | 197 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes, 36 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~3,220 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | RKK Energia |
Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 up 3 down |
Members | Spring ) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | August 5, 1997, 15:35:54 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
End of mission | |
Landing date | February 19, 1998, 09:10:30 | UTC
Landing site | 50°11′N 67°30′E / 50.18°N 67.50°E |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 kilometres (120 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 249 kilometres (155 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with Mir | |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-26 was a Russian spaceflight that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to Mir.[1] 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
spacewalk
inside that module.
During the flight a television advertisement starring Vasily Tsibliyev was filmed on the station. The ad, for Tnuva's brand of UHT milk, was the first ad to be filmed in space.[2]
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Anatoly Solovyev Fifth and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Pavel Vinogradov First spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | None | Léopold Eyharts First spaceflight |
References
- ^ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-26.htm
- ^ "First commercial filmed in space". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 16 March 2017.