Soyuz TM-26
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| Soyuz TM-26 | |
| Mission statistics | |
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| Mission name | Soyuz TM-26 |
| Crew size | 2 launched / 3 landed |
| Call sign | Родни́к (Rodnik - Spring) |
| Launch date | August 5, 1997 15:35:54 UTC Gagarin's Start |
| Landing | February 19, 1998 09:10:30 UTC 30 km of Arkalyk (50.18 N; 67.50 E) |
| Mission duration | 197 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes, 36 seconds |
| Number of orbits | ~3,220 |
Soyuz TM-26 is a Russian spacecraft that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to the Mir, the Russian space station. 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 Spektr module and restored much of the lost power; they also repaired and replaced the oxygen generators in Mir. The hole(s) in that module that caused total depressurization of the module could not be located during their spacewalk inside that module.
[edit] Crew
Launched:
- Anatoly Solovyev (5)
- Pavel Vinogradov (1)
Landed:
- Anatoly Solovyev (5)
- Pavel Vinogradov (1)
- Léopold Eyharts (1) - France
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 193 km
- Apogee: 249 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 88.6 minutes
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