Soyuz TM-3

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	22.07.1987
Launch time:	01:59 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Landing date:	30.07.1987
Landing time:	01:04 UT
Landing site:	80 km NE of Arkalyk

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.	Surname	Given name	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Viktorenko	Aleksandr Stepanovich	Commander	1	7d 23h 04m	126
2	Aleksandrov	Aleksandr Pavlovich	Flight Engineer	2	160d 07h 16m	2537
3	Faris	Muhammed Achmed	Research Cosmonaut	1	7d 23h 04m	126

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Viktorenko
2	Aleksandrov
3	Faris

Landing
1	Romanenko
2	Aleksandrov
3	Levchenko

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given name	Job
1	Soloviyov	Anatoli Yakovlevich	Commander
2	Savinykh	Viktor Petrovich	Flight Engineer
3	Habib	Munir Habib	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing with Soyuz TM-2-spacecraft 80 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Docking on MIR-spacestation; partly crew exchange (Aleksandrov stayed on MIR); photography of Earth surface (main object: Syria).

Note

Aleksandrov landed on 29.12.1987 at 09:16 UT with Soyuz TM-3-spacecraft.

Photos / Drawings

©			Last update on November 10, 2008.