Contents

Crew

Mission parameters

Mission highlights

Mission accomplishments

Notes

Crew

Launched:

★ 1 Yuri Malenchenko (1) - Commander

★ 2 Talgat Musabayev (1) - Flight Engineer - Kazakhstan
Landed:

★ 1 Yuri Malenchenko (1) - Commander

★ 2 Talgat Musabayev (1) - Flight Engineer

★ 3 Ulf Merbold (3) - Germany

Mission parameters

★ 'Mass:' 7150 kg

★ 'Perigee:' 202 km

★ 'Apogee:' 222 km

★ 'Inclination:' 51.6°

★ 'Period:' 88.5 min

Mission highlights

Commander Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Musabayev, spaceflight
rookies, were to have been launched with veteran cosmonaut Gennadi
Strekalov, who would have returned to Earth with Viktor Afanaseyev and Yuri
Usachyov in Soyuz-TM 18 after a few days on Mir. However, cancellation of
one of two Progress-M cargo ships scheduled to resupply Mir during the Agat
crew’s stay meant Strekalov’s couch had to carry supplies. The result was an
unusual all-rookie flight. Docking occurred without incident on July 3. On
November 3, Musabayev, Malenchenko, and Merbold undocked in Soyuz-TM
19 and backed 190 m from Mir. They then activated the Kurs automatic
approach system, which successfully redocked the spacecraft. The cosmonauts
then transferred back to Mir. The test was related to the difficulties Soyuz-TM
20 and Progress-M 24 experienced during their automatic approaches. Final
undocking and reentry the following day occurred without incident.

Mission accomplishments

★ Docked with Mir

★ Exchange part of crew

★ Conducted medical experiments

★ Conducted materials experiments

★ Both cosmonauts perform EVA 09.09.1994 (5h 6m) to repair station's external insulation

★ Both cosmonauts repeat EVA on 14.09.1994 (6h 1m) for same purpose

★ First successful manual docking of a Progress supply ship

Notes

Both cosmonauts and Doctor Valeri Polyakov (arrived on Soyuz TM-18) became the 16th resident crew; many technical problems with the station arose during this mission, necessitating a previously untried manual supply dock by Malenchenko.

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