Soyuz TM-17

Sirius

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

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

hi res version (627 KB)

Crew

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

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Tsibliyev
2	Serebrov
3	Haigneré

Landing
1	Tsibliyev
2	Serebrov
3

Animations: Soyuz


(requires Macromedia Flash Player)
with friendly permission of www.marscenter.it

Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Afanasiyev	Viktor Mikhailovich	Commander
2	Usachyov	Yuri Vladimirovich	Flight Engineer
3	André-Deshays	Claudie	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

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

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 had a light collision with the MIR space station.