Soyuz TM-11

UdSSR

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

Crew

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

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Afanasiyev
2	Manarov
3	Akiyama

Landing
1	Afanasiyev
2	Manarov
3	Sharman

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Artsebarsky	Anatoli Pavlovich	Commander
2	Krikalyov	Sergei Konstantinovich	Flight Engineer
3	Kikuchi	Ryoko	Research Cosmonaut

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.