Soyuz TM-20
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| Mission statistics | |
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| Mission name: | Soyuz TM-20 |
| Call sign: | Ви́тязь (Vityaz' - Knight) |
| Number of crew members: | 3 |
| Launch: | October 3, 1994 22:42:30 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | March 22, 1995 04:04:05 UTC 54 km NE of Arkalyk (50.52 N; 67.35 E) |
| Duration: | 169 days 05 hours 21 minutes 35 seconds |
| Number of Orbits: | ~2,760 |
[edit] Crew
Launched:
- Alexander Viktorenko (4)
- Yelena Kondakova (1)
- Ulf Merbold (3) - ESA Germany
Landed:
- Alexander Viktorenko (4)
- Yelena Kondakova (1)
- Valeri Polyakov (2)
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 7170 kg
- Perigee: 200 km
- Apogee: 249.6 km
- Inclination: 51.65°
- Period: 88.7 minutes
[edit] Mission highlights
20th expedition to Mir.
Carried 10 kg of equipment for use by Merbold in ESA’s month-long Euromir 94 experiment program. During automatic approach to Mir’s front port, the spacecraft yawed unexpectedly. Viktorenko completed a manual docking without additional incident.
| Manned spaceflights to Mir |  |
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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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