Soyuz TM-21
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Soyuz TM-21 was a crewed Soyuz spaceflight to Mir. The mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket, at 06:11:34 UTC on March 14, 1995.[1] The flight marked the first time thirteen humans were flying in space simultaneously, with three aboard the Soyuz, three aboard Mir and seven aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, flying STS-67.
Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 1995-010A |
SATCAT no. | 23519 |
Mission duration | 181 days, 41 minutes, 6 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~2,940 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 70 |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Launch mass | 7,170 kilograms (15,810 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 up 2 down |
Launching | Vladimir Dezhurov Gennady Strekalov Norman Thagard |
Landing | Anatoly Solovyev Nikolai Budarin |
Callsign | Урага́н (Uragan - Hurricane) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | March 14, 1995, 06:11:34 (1995-03-14UTC06:11:34Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | September 11, 1995, 06:52:40 (1995-09-11UTC06:52:41Z) UTC |
Landing site | 50.67°N 68.25°E / 50.67; 68.25 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 200 kilometers (120 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 249.6 kilometers (155.1 mi) |
Inclination | 51.65 degrees |
Period | 88.7 minutes |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking date | 16 March 1995, 7:45:26 UTC |
Undocking date | 11 September 1995, 3:30:44 UTC |
Time docked | 178.7 days |
From left to right: Norman Thagard, Vladimir Dezhurov, Gennady Strekalov Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
The spacecraft carried expedition EO-18 to the space station. This included the first American astronaut to launch on a Soyuz spacecraft and board Mir, Norman Thagard, for the American Thagard Increment aboard the station, which was the first Increment of the Shuttle-Mir program. The three crew members it launched were relieved by Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-71, when they were replaced by expedition EO-19. The crew returned to earth aboard Soyuz TM-21 on September 11, 1995.