Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 159

Soyuz TM-17

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Russia

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  01.07.1993
Launch time:  14:32 UTC
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  350 km
Inclination:  51,6°
Docking MIR:  03.07.1993, 16:24:03 UTC
Undocking MIR:  14.01.1994, 04:37:11 UTC
Landing date:  14.01.1994
Landing time:  08:18 UTC
Landing site:  49° 37' N, 70° 07' E
Crew Soyuz TM-17

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 Russian Federation  Tsibliyev  Vasili Vasiliyevich  Commander 1 196d 17h 45m  3113 
2 Russian Federation  Serebrov  Aleksandr Aleksandrovich  Flight Engineer 4 196d 17h 45m  3113 
3 France  Haigneré  Jean-Pierre  Research Cosmonaut 1 20d 16h 08m  327 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Tsibliyev
2  Serebrov
3  Haigneré
Soyuz TM spaceship
Landing
1  Tsibliyev
2  Serebrov
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Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1 Russian Federation  Afanasiyev  Viktor Mikhailovich  Commander
2 Russian Federation  Usachyov  Yuri Vladimirovich  Flight Engineer
3 France  André-Deshays  Claudie  Research Cosmonaut
Crew Soyuz TM-17 (double)

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 215 km west of Karaganda / 180 km southwest of Tselinograd.

It was the French Mission ALTAIR. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 03.07.1993. It followed a common scientific work with the 13th resident crew. After returning to Earth of the 13th crew (together with Haigneré), Tsibilyev and Serebrov became the 14th MIR resident crew. They performed experiments in materials science.

Tsibilyev and Serebrov performed five EVAs on 16.09.1993 (4h 18m), 20.09.1993 (3h 14m), 28.09.1993 (1h 52m), 22.10.1993 (0h 38m) and 29.10.1993 (4h 12m), in which the Rapana truss was installed and several experiment packages were retrieved.

During the separation of the Soyuz the spacecraft the TsUP then lost communications with MIR and Soyuz TM-17. The steering had to be made manually. During that the Soyuz hit the MIR. The MIR cosmonauts did not feel the impact, though the station's guidance system registered angular velocity and switched to free flying mode. But all in all there were no serious damages.

Note

Haigneré returned to Earth on 22.07.1993 at 06:41 UTC with Soyuz TM-16 spacecraft.

Photos / Drawings

MIR since 10.06.1990 Soyuz TM-17 on launch pad
 

© CNES / Christian BARDOU, 1993

Soyuz TM-17 launch Soyuz TM-17 MIR
MIR EVA Serebrov
Tsibliyev and Haigneré onboard MIR Soyuz TM-17 onboard MIR
Haigneré onboard MIR  

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