Resident Crews of the MIR

MIR: Expedition 27
(EO-27)

Patch MIR-27

Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2 3
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation France
Surname:  Afanasiyev  Avdeyev  Haigneré
Given names:  Viktor Mikhailovich  Sergei Vasiliyevich  Jean-Pierre
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz TM-29  Soyuz TM-28  Soyuz TM-29
Launch date:  20.02.1999  13.08.1998  20.02.1999
Launchtime:  04:18 UT  09:43 UT  04:18 UT
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz TM-29  Soyuz TM-29  Soyuz TM-29
Landingdate:  28.08.1999  28.08.1999  28.08.1999
Landingtime:  00:35 UT  00:35 UT  00:35 UT
Mission duration:  188d 20h 17m  379d 14h 52m  188d 20h 17m
Orbits:  2988  6007  2988

Backup Crew

No.: 1 2 3
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation France
Surname:  Sharipov  Kaleri  André-Deshays
Given names:  Flight Engineer  Aleksandr Yuriyevich  Claudie
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer

Expedition Report

Launch from Baikonur; landing 76 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Docking on MIR spacestation; Afanasiyev and Haigneré became together with Avdeyev the 27th resident crew of MIR; both cosmonauts performed an EVA on 23.07.1999 (6h 07m); the attempt, to unfold an antenna, failed; another EVA on 28.07.1999 (5h 22m) unfolding the antenna was successful.

Photos / Drawings

MIR since 07.05.1996 EVA afanasiyev and Haigneré
EVA MIR
EVA Soyuz TM-29 landing
Soyuz TM-29 recovery Soyuz TM-29 recovery

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