Soyuz TM-10
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Soyuz TM-10 | |
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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.
[edit] Crew
Launched:
- Gennadi Manakov (1) - Russian
- Gennady Strekalov (4) - Russian
Landed:
- Gennadi Manakov (1) - Russian
- Gennady Strekalov (4) - Russian
- Toyohiro Akiyama (1), Reporter-Japan
(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
[edit] Mission parameters
[edit] Mission highlights
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.
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