Soyuz TM-16
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Mission Statistics | |
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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 |
[edit] Crew
Launched:
- Gennadi Manakov (2)
- Alexander Poleshchuk (1)
Landed:
- Gennadi Manakov (2)
- Alexander Poleshchuk (1)
- Jean-Pierre Haigneré (1) - France
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 393 km
- Apogee: 394 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 92.4 minutes
[edit] Mission highlights
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 | |
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 |