Soyuz TM-16

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Soyuz TM-16
Mission Statistics
Mission Name: Soyuz TM-16
Call Sign: Вулка́н (Vulkan - Volcano)
Number of Crew Members: 2 launched / 3 landed
Launch: January 24, 1993
05:58:05 UTC
Baikonur LC1
Landing: July 22, 1993
06:41:50 UTC
140 km S of Dzhezkazgan
Duration: 179 days 00 hours 43 minutes 45 seconds
Number of Orbits: ~2,790

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Landed:

[edit] Mission parameters

  • Mass: 7150 kg
  • Perigee: 393 km
  • Apogee: 394 km
  • Inclination: 51.6°
  • Period: 92.4 minutes

[edit] Mission highlights

APAS-89
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APAS-89

16th expedition to Mir.

First Soyuz without a probe and drogue docking system since 1976. It carried an APAS-89 androgynous docking unit different from the APAS-75 unit used for ASTP in 1975, yet similar in general principles. Soyuz-TM 16 used it to dock with an androgynous docking port on the Kristall module. This was a test of the docking system in preparation for dockings by space shuttles with Mir.


Manned spaceflights to Mir Mir insignia

Soyuz T-15 | Soyuz TM-2 | Soyuz TM-3 | Soyuz TM-4 | Soyuz TM-5 | Soyuz TM-6 | Soyuz TM-7 | Soyuz TM-8 | Soyuz TM-9 | Soyuz TM-10 | Soyuz TM-11 | Soyuz TM-12 | Soyuz TM-13 | Soyuz TM-14 | Soyuz TM-15 | Soyuz TM-16 | Soyuz TM-17 | Soyuz TM-18 | Soyuz TM-19 | Soyuz TM-20 | Soyuz TM-21 | STS-71 | Soyuz TM-22 | STS-74 | Soyuz TM-23 | STS-76 | Soyuz TM-24 | STS-79 | STS-81 | Soyuz TM-25 | STS-84 | Soyuz TM-26 | STS-86 | STS-89 | Soyuz TM-27 | STS-91 | Soyuz TM-28 | Soyuz TM-29 | Soyuz TM-30

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