Soyuz TM-10

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Soyuz TM-10
Mission statistics
Mission name Soyuz TM-10
Crew size 2 launched / 3 landed
Call sign Вулка́н (Vulkan - Volcano)
Launch date August 1, 1990 09:32:21 UTC
Gagarin's Start
Landing December 10, 1990 06:08:12 UTC
69 km NW of Arkalyk
Mission duration 130 days 20 hours 35 minutes 51 seconds
Number of orbits ~2,125

Soyuz TM-10 was the tenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.

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Side of the Soyuz TM-10 where it was signed by all its passengers. The inscription in Japanese reads Toyohiro Akiyama (秋山豊寛).
Side of the Soyuz TM-10 where it was signed by all its passengers. The inscription in Japanese reads Toyohiro Akiyama (秋山豊寛).

TM-10 marked the return to earth of Japanese reporter Toyohiro Akiyama.

The Soyuz arrived at Mir's aft port with four passengers: quail for cages in Kvant-2. A quail had laid an egg en route to the station. It was returned to Earth, along with 130 kg of experiment results and industrial products, in Soyuz TM-9. The spacecraft landed without incident.

It spent 131 days attached to Mir. A camera was installed in the descent module as part of the agreement with Akiyama’s network to film the reactions of the returning cosmonauts.