Soyuz TM-18

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

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

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Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	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

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

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

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Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 112 km north of Arkalyk.

Docking on MIR spacestation; cosmonauts became the 15th resident crew; research work in space-flight medicine by Polyakov during his long-term-flight (25 different experiments).

Note

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

Photos / Drawings

©			Last update on October 06, 2009.