Resident Crews of the MIR
MIR: Expedition 26
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Crew, launch- and landing data
| No.: | 1 | 2 |
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| Surname: | Padalka | Avdeyev |
| Given names: | Gennadi Ivanovich | Sergei Vasiliyevich |
| Position: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
| Spacecraft (Launch): | Soyuz TM-28 | Soyuz TM-28 |
| Launch date: | 13.08.1998 | 13.08.1998 |
| Launchtime: | 09:43 UTC | 09:43 UTC |
| Spacecraft (Landing): | Soyuz TM-28 | Soyuz TM-29 |
| Landingdate: | 28.02.1999 | 28.08.1999 |
| Landingtime: | 02:14 UTC | 00:41 UTC |
| Mission duration: | 198d 16h 31m | 379d 14h 52m |
| Orbits: | 3144 | 6007 |
Backup Crew
| No.: | 1 | 2 |
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| Surname: | Zalyotin | Kaleri |
| Given names: | Sergei Viktorovich | Aleksandr Yuriyevich |
| Position: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
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Expedition Report
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Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing
of Padalka and
Bella (launched with
Soyuz TM-29)
59 km of Arkalyk. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 15.08.1998. Padalka and Avdeyev became the 26th resident crew of MIR. Baturin, the first Russian politician in space, performed an inspection mission. Padalka and Avdeyev performed an EVA on 15.09.1998 (30m) into the module Spektr. They connected new cabels for the solar structures. |
Photos / Drawings
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