Soyuz TM-18

Derbent

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	08.01.1994
Launch time:	10:05 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	201 - 249 km
Inclination:	51,64°
Docking MIR:	10.01.1994, 11:50:20 UTC
Undocking MIR:	09.07.1994, 07:12:59 UTC
Landing date:	09.07.1994
Landing time:	10:32 UTC
Landing site:	112 km N of Arkalyk

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Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Afanasiyev	Viktor Mikhailovich	Commander	2	182d 00h 27m	2880
2	Usachyov	Yuri Vladimirovich	Flight Engineer	1	182d 00h 27m	2880
3	Polyakov	Valeri Vladimirovich	Doctor Cosmonaut	2	437d 17h 58m	6927

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Afanasiyev
2	Usachyov
3	Polyakov

Landing
1	Afanasiyev
2	Usachyov
3

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Malenchenko	Yuri Ivanovich	Commander
2	Musabayev	Talgat Amangeldyyevich	Flight Engineer
3	Arzamazov	German Semyonovich	Doctor Cosmonaut

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 112 km north of Arkalyk.

Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 10.01.1994. The three cosmonauts became the 15th resident crew of the MIR. Research work by Polyakov during his long-term flight was done. He accomplished 25 different experiments in space flight medicine.

Nonmedical research was performed in materials sciences, Earth observation, astrophysics and biosciences.

Note

Polyakov landed on 22.03.1995 at 04:04 UTC with Soyuz TM-20 spacecraft.

Photos / Drawings

©			Last update on January 21, 2012.