Soyuz TM-21

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	14.03.1995
Launch time:	06:11 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	200,86 - 247,45 km
Inclination:	51,65°
Docking MIR:	16.03.1995, 07:45:25 UT
Undocking MIR:	11.09.1995, 03:30:44 UT
Landing date:	07.07.1995
Landing time:	14:54 UT
Landing site:	50° 41' N, 68° 15' E

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Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Dezhurov	Vladimir Nikolayevich	Commander	1	115d 08h 43m	1825
2	Strekalov	Gennadi Mikhailovich	Flight Engineer	5	115d 08h 43m	1825
3	Thagard	Norman Earl	Research Cosmonaut	5	115d 08h 43m	1825

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Dezhurov
2	Strekalov
3	Thagard

Landing
1	Soloviyov
2	Budarin
3

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Soloviyov	Anatoli Yakovlevich	Commander
2	Budarin	Nikolai Mikhailovich	Flight Engineer
3	Dunbar	Bonnie Jeanne	Research Cosmonaut

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Flight

Launch from Baikonur; docking on MIR spacestation; crew returned to Earth with Space Shuttle STS-71.

Resident crew exchanged; the three cosmonauts became the 18th resident crew; Thagard became the first U.S. astronaut onboard the MIR spacestation; later docking of Spektr-module; Dezhurov and Strekalov performed five EVAs on 12.05.1995 (6h 14m), 17.05.1995 (6h 41m), 22.05.1995 (5h 14m), 28.05.1995 (0h 21m) and 01.06.1995 (0h 22m) to rebuild the space station (installation of solar array and repositioning docking adapter); technical problems; they also performed life science experiments.

Photos / Drawings

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