Soyuz TM-26

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Mission: Soyuz TM-26
COSPAR-ID : 1997-038A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-ST ( GRAY index  11F732)
serial number 75
Dimensions: 7150 kg
Launcher: Soyuz U (GRAY index 11A511U)
Call sign: Родник (Rodnik - "source")
Crew: 2 started
3 landed
Begin: August 5, 1997, 15:35:54  UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Space station: Me
Coupling: August 7, 1997, 17:02:07 UTC
Decoupling: February 19, 1998, 05:52:50 UTC
Landing: February 19, 1998, 09:10:30 UTC
Landing place: 30 km E of Arkalik
50 ° 11 '  N , 67 ° 30'  O
Flight duration: 197d 17h 34m 36s
Earth orbits: 3220
Rotation time : 88.6 min
Apogee : 249 km
Perigee : 193 km
◄ Before / After ►
Soyuz TM-25
(manned) 		Soyuz TM-27
(manned)

Soyuz TM-26 is the mission name for the flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the Russian Mir space station . The 32nd manned spacecraft visit to the Mir space station was the 26th visit by a Soyuz spacecraft and the 102nd flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Starting crew

Substitute team

Return crew

  • Anatoly Jakowlewitsch Solowjow (5th space flight), commander
  • Pawel Wladimirowitsch Vinogradow (1st space flight), flight engineer
  • Léopold Eyharts (1st flight), research cosmonaut ( CNES / France )Center national d'études spatialesCNES FranceFrance 

Mission overview

Damage to one of the solar panels of the “Spektr” module after the collision with a Progress space freighter

The main task of the mission was to bring two specially trained cosmonauts to the station to repair the Mir station. Soyuz connected the TM-26 to the “Kwant” module two days after launch using manual control. The crew repaired the main line and various cable harnesses of the damaged “Spektr” module and were able to restore the power supply. They also repaired the station's oxygen generators.

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