Soyuz TM-10

Vulkan

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	01.08.1990
Launch time:	09:32 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking MIR:	03.08.1990, 11:45:44 UTC
Undocking MIR:	10.12.1990, 02:48:11 UTC
Landing date:	10.12.1990
Landing time:	06:08 UTC
Landing site:	69 km NE of Arkalyk

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Manakov	Gennadi Mikhailovich	Commander	1	130d 20h 35m	2070
2	Strekalov	Gennadi Mikhailovich	Flight Engineer	4	130d 20h 35m	2070

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Manakov
2	Strekalov
3

Landing
1	Manakov
2	Strekalov
3	Akiyama

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Afanasiyev	Viktor Mikhailovich	Commander
2	Manarov	Musa Khiromanovich	Flight Engineer

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 69 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 03.08.1990. The cosmonauts became the seventh resident crew of MIR space station. Scientific work (astrophysical, geophysical, Earth observation, space materials science, biological and biotechnological research and experiments) performed in the Soyuz TM-10-Kvant-MIR-Kvant2-Kristall complex. But they also had to do maintenance and repairing work. Supplies with cargo space ships Progress M-4 and M-5. EVA on 29.10.1990 (3h 45m) repairing work on damaged hatch of Kvant-2 module (only partly successful).

When returning to Earth, Japanese cosmonaut Akiyama (launched with Soyuz TM-11 spacecraft) onboard.