Soyuz TM-28

TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station.^[2]

Soyuz TM-28

Operator	Rosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID	1998-047A
SATCAT no.	25429
Mission duration	198 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes, 19 seconds
Orbits completed	3,144
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size	3 up 2 down
Members	Gennady I. Padalka
Launching	Sergei Avdeyev Yuri Baturin
Landing	Ivan Bella
Callsign	Альтаи́р (Altair)
Start of mission
Launch date	August 13, 1998, 09:43:11 (1998-08-13UTC09:43:11Z) UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U
End of mission
Landing date	February 28, 1999, 02:14:30 (1999-02-28UTC02:14:31Z) UTC
Landing site	50°42′N 67°12′E 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Kijma
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	190 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude	273.7 kilometres (170.1 mi)
Inclination	51.64 degrees
Period	88.5 minutes
Docking with Mir
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TM-27 Soyuz TM-29 →

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Gennady I. Padalka First spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Sergei Avdeyev Third and last spaceflight	None
Research Cosmonaut	Yuri Baturin First spaceflight	Ivan Bella Only spaceflight

Mission Accomplishments

• Docked with Mir.
• Baturin became the first Russian politician in space.
• Padalka and Avdeyev performed an EVA on 15.09.1998 (30 m) into the module Spektr (new cables connected for solar structures).

Notes

• Padalka and Avdeyev became 26th resident crew of Mir.
• Baturin landed on August 25, 1998 (5:22 UT) with Soyuz TM-27.
• Avdeyev landed on August 28, 1999 (0:41 UT) with Soyuz TM-29.