Soyuz TM-21

Uragan

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	14.03.1995
Launch time:	06:11 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	200,86 - 247,45 km
Inclination:	51,65°
Docking MIR:	16.03.1995, 07:45:25 UTC
Undocking MIR:	11.09.1995, 03:30:44 UTC
Landing date:	07.07.1995
Landing time:	14:54 UTC
Landing site:	50° 41' N, 68° 15' E

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Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Dezhurov	Vladimir Nikolayevich	Commander	1	115d 08h 43m	1825
2	Strekalov	Gennadi Mikhailovich	Flight Engineer	5	115d 08h 43m	1825
3	Thagard	Norman Earl	Research Cosmonaut	5	115d 08h 43m	1825

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Dezhurov
2	Strekalov
3	Thagard

Landing
1	Soloviyov
2	Budarin
3

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Soloviyov	Anatoli Yakovlevich	Commander
2	Budarin	Nikolai Mikhailovich	Flight Engineer
3	Dunbar	Bonnie Jeanne	Research Cosmonaut

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 16.03.1995. The crew returned to Earth with Space Shuttle STS-71.

The resident crew was exchanged. The three cosmonauts became the 18th resident crew. Thagard became the first U.S. astronaut onboard the MIR space station. Later the new Spektr module docked with the MIR.

Dezhurov and Strekalov performed five EVAs on 12.05.1995 (6h 14m), 17.05.1995 (6h 41m), 22.05.1995 (5h 14m), 28.05.1995 (0h 21m) and 01.06.1995 (0h 22m) to rebuild the space station (installation of solar array and repositioning docking adapter). There have been several technical problems during this mission. The cosmonauts also performed life science experiments.

Photos / Drawings

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