Soyuz TM-7
COSPAR ID | 1988-104A |
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SATCAT no. | 19660 |
Mission duration | 151 days, 11 hours, 8 minutes, 24 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~2,450 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-TMA No. 57 |
Spacecraft type | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 7,000 kilograms (15,000 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Donbass ) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 26 November 1988, 15:49:34 | UTC
Rocket | 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 27 April 1989, 02:57:58 | UTC
Landing site | 140 kilometres (87 mi) NE of Dzhezkazgan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 194 kilometres (121 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 235 kilometres (146 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 88.8 minutes |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking date | 28 November 1988, 17:15:00 UTC |
Undocking date | 26 April 1989, 23:28:01 UTC |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-7 was a crewed
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Alexander Volkov Mir EO-4 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Sergei Krikalev Mir EO-4 First spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | Mir Aragatz Second spaceflight |
Valeri Polyakov Mir EO-3 / Mir EO-4 First spaceflight |
Backup crew
Mission parameters
- Mass: 7,000 kg 15,400 lb
- Perigee: 194 km (120 mi)
- Apogee: 235 km (146 mi)
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 88.8 minutes
Mission highlights
The original launch date of November 21 was moved back to permit French president François Mitterrand to view the launch, which was also attended by David Gilmour and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, who made an audio recording of the event for potential use in a future project.[2] The spacecraft arrived at the Mir station carrying a three-man crew, including French cosmonaut Chrétien on his second flight into space. Titov, Manarov, and Chrétien returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-6. Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev, and Valeri Polyakov remained aboard Mir. On 1989 April 28, they left Mir in mothballs and returned to Earth in Soyuz-TM 7. The Soyuz-TM land landing system is effective at reducing velocity in the vertical direction. However, according to cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, winds at the landing site often impart considerable horizontal velocity. During the rough landing, Krikalev suffered a minor injury to his knee.
Preparations for the first EVA involving a non-
The crew took with them a cassette of Pink Floyd's newly released live album Delicate Sound of Thunder (minus the cassette box, for weight reasons) and played it in orbit; this was claimed by David Gilmour to have been the first rock music recording in space.[2] The tape was left on Mir when the mission crew returned to Earth.[2]
References
- ^ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM7.htm
- ^ ISBN 0711941092.