Soyuz TM-27

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**Soyuz TM-27**
Mission statistics
Mission name:	Soyuz TM-27
Spacecraft name:	Soyuz TM-27
Call sign:	Криста́лл (Kristall)
Number of crew members:	3
Launch:	January 29, 1998 16:33:42 UT Baikonur, Pad 1
Landing:	August 25, 1998 05:24:44 UT 47° 57' 7 N, 39° 37' 50 E Near Dzhezkazgan
Duration:	207 days, 12 h, 51 min, 2 s
Number of Orbits:	3284

1 Crew
2 Mission parameters
3 Mission accomplishments
4 EVA schedule
5 Mission notes

[edit] Crew

Launched:

1 Talgat Musabayev (2) - Commander
2 Nikolai Budarin (2) - Flight Engineer
3 Léopold Eyharts (1) - Research Cosmonaut - France

Landed:

1 Talgat Musabayev (2) - Commander
2 Nikolai Budarin (2) - Flight Engineer
3 Yuri Baturin (1) - Research Cosmonaut

(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.

[edit] Mission parameters

Mass: 7150 kg
Perigee: 382 km
Apogee: 390 km
Inclination: 51.6°
Period: 92.1 min

[edit] Mission accomplishments

Docked with Mir
Exchange part of crew
Carried out French mission PEGASE
Conducted routine science experiments

[edit] EVA schedule

03.03.1998 aborted due to faulty hatch
01.04.1998 (6h 40m)
06.04.1998 (4h 23m)
11.04.1998 (6h 25m)
17.04.1998 (6h 32m)
22.04.1998 (6h 21m)
Over the course of these 5 walks, the cosmonauts repaired the Spektr solar panel and installed a new VDU station orientation system.

[edit] Mission notes

Both cosmonauts and astronaut Andy Thomas (arrived on STS-89) became the 25th resident crew. Eyharts landed on 19.02.1998 with Soyuz TM-26-spacecraft. Included astronaut from France.

Manned spaceflights to Mir