Soyuz TM-29
| Mission Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Mission Name: | Soyuz TM-29 |
| Call Sign: | Derbent |
| Number of Crew Members: | 3 |
| Launch: | February 20, 1999 04:18:01 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | August 28, 1999 00:34:20 UTC 70 km NE of Arkalyk |
| Duration: | 188 days 20 hours 16 minutes 19 seconds |
| Number of Orbits: | ? |
Crew
Launched:
- Viktor Afanasyev (3)
- Jean-Pierre Haignere (1)- France
- Ivan Bella(1) - Slovakia
Landed:
- Viktor Afanasyev (3)
- Sergei Avdeyev (3)
- Jean-Pierre Haignere (1)
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 188 km
- Apogee: 273 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 88.6 minutes
Mission Highlights
38th expedition to Mir.
Soyuz TM-29 was a Russian manned spacecraft launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz 11A511U rocket. It docked with Mir on Febuary 22 at 05:36 GMT with Cosmonauts Afanasyev, Haignere, and Bella aboard. Since two crew seats had been sold (to Slovakia and France), Afanasyev was the only Russian cosmonaut aboard. This meant that Russian engineer Avdeyev (already aboard Mir) would have to accept a double-length assignment. After the February 27th departure of EO-26 crew commander Padalka and Slovak cosmonaut Bella aboard Soyuz TM-28, the new EO-27 Mir crew consisted of Afanasyev as Commander, Avdeyev as Engineer and French cosmonaut Haignere.
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