Soyuz TM-6

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	29.08.1988
Launch time:	04:23 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Landing date:	07.09.1988
Landing time:	00:49 UT
Landing site:	160 km SE of Dzheskasgan

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.	Surname	Given name	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Lyakhov	Vladimir Afanasiyevich	Commander	3	8d 20h 26m	141
2	Polyakov	Valeri Vladimirovich	Research Doctor	1	240d 22h 34m	3812
3	Mohmand	Abdul Ahad "Abdulah"	Research Cosmonaut	1	8d 20h 26m	141

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Lyakhov
2	Polyakov
3	Mohmand

Landing
1	Titov
2	Manarov
3	Chrétien

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given name	Job
1	Berezovoy	Anatoli Nikolayevich	Commander
2	Arzamazov	German Semyonovich	Research Doctor
3	Dauran-Ghulam Masum	Mohammed	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing with Soyuz TM-5-spacecraft 160 km southeast of Dzheskasgan.

Docking on MIR-Quant-Soyuz TM-5; scientific work with the third resident crew; Polyakov stayed on board and became member of the third resident crew; landing at third attempt because of a computer error.

Note

Polyakov landed on 27.04.1989 at 02:57 UT with Soyuz TM-7-spacecraft.

Drawings

©			Last update on November 10, 2008.