Soyuz TM-15

Rodnik

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	27.07.1992
Launch time:	06:08 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking MIR:	29.07.1992, 07:46 UT
Undocking MIR:	01.02.1993, 00:26 UT
Landing date:	01.02.1993
Landing time:	03:49 UT
Landing site:	100 km NW of Arkalyk

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Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Soloviyov	Anatoli Yakovlevich	Commander	3	188d 21h 41m	2989
2	Avdeyev	Sergei Vasiliyevich	Flight Engineer	1	188d 21h 41m	2989
3	Tognini	Michel Ange-Charles	Research Cosmonaut	1	13d 18h 56m	218

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Soloviyov
2	Avdeyev
3	Tognini

Landing
1	Soloviyov
2	Avdeyev
3

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Manakov	Gennadi Mikhailovich	Commander
2	Poleshchuk	Aleksandr Fyodorovich	Flight Engineer
3	Haigneré	Jean-Pierre	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 100 km northwest of Arkalyk.

Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 29.07.1992. First there have been joint work with the eleventh resident crew. Soloviyov and Avdeyev became then the twelfth MIR-resident crew

Both cosmonauts performed four EVAs on 03.09.1992 (3h 56m), 07.09.1992 (5h 08m), 11.09.1992 (5h 44m) and 15.09.1992 (3h 33m), to install the VDU thruster pod on the Sofora girder and to install the Kurs docking system antenna on the Kristall module.