Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 135

Soyuz TM-11

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Patch Sojus TM-11

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  02.12.1990
Launch time:  08:13 UT
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  350 km
Inclination:  51,6°
Docking MIR:  04.12.1990, 09:57:09 UT
Undocking MIR:  26.05.1991, 06:15:59 UT
Landing date:  26.05.1991
Landing time:  10:04 UT
Landing site:  68 km SE of Dzheskasgan

walkout photo

Crew Soyuz TM-11

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alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USSR  Afanasiyev  Viktor Mikhailovich  Commander 1 175d 01h 50m  2770 
2 USSR  Manarov  Musa Khiromanovich  Flight Engineer 2 175d 01h 50m  2770 
3 Japan  Akiyama  Toyohiro  Research Cosmonaut 1 7d 21h 54m  125 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Afanasiyev
2  Manarov
3  Akiyama
Soyuz TM spaceship
Landing
1  Afanasiyev
2  Manarov
3  Sharman

Animations: Soyuz

Launch deorbit entry
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Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 USSR  Artsebarsky  Anatoli Pavlovich  Commander
2 USSR  Krikalyov  Sergei Konstantinovich  Flight Engineer
3 Japan  Kikuchi  Ryoko  Research Cosmonaut
Crew Soyuz TM-11 (prime and backup)

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 68 km southeast of Dzheskasgan.

First commercial flight with a paying passenger; the private Japanese television company paid 28 million dollar; docking on Soyuz TM-10-Kvant1-MIR-Kristall-Kvant2 complex; Akiyama made daily TV-broadcast; scientific work with seventh resident crew of the station; then Afanasiyev and Manarov became the eighth resident crew; both cosmonauts performed four EVAs on 07.01. (5h 18m), 23.01. (5h 33m), 26.01. (6h 20m) and 25.04.1991 (3h 34m); during the EVA's they completed the repair of the Kvant-hatch, installed the Strela boom and solar array supports on Mir, and finally inspected the Kurs docking system antenna.

Note

Akiyama landed on 10.12.1990 at 06:08 UT with Soyuz TM-10-spacecraft.

Photos / Drawings

MIR since 10.06.1990 Soyuz TM-11 on launch pad
Soyuz TM-11 launch Soyuz TM-11 onboard MIR
Soyuz TM-11 recovery  

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