Soyuz TM-22

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	03.09.1995
Launch time:	09:00 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	199 - 236 km
Inclination:	51,64°
Docking MIR:	05.09.1995, 10:29:53 UT
Undocking MIR:	29.02.1996, 07:20:06 UT
Landing date:	29.02.1996
Landing time:	10:42 UT
Landing site:	51° 18' N, 67° 27' E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Gidzenko	Yuri Pavlovich	Commander	1	179d 01h 41m	2833
2	Avdeyev	Sergei Vasiliyevich	Flight Engineer	2	179d 01h 41m	2833
3	Reiter	Thomas Arthur	Flight Engineer	1	179d 01h 41m	2833

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Gidzenko
2	Avdeyev
3	Reiter

Landing
1	Gidzenko
2	Avdeyev
3	Reiter

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Manakov	Gennadi Mikhailovich	Commander
2	Vinogradov	Pavel Vladimirovich	Flight Engineer
3	Fuglesang	Arne Christer	Flight Engineer

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Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 105 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Mission "EUROMIR 95"; docking on MIR spacestation; crew became the 20th MIR resident crew; joint Russian-German research work; EVAs performed by Avdeyev and Reiter (first German performing a spacewalk) on 20.10.1995 (5h 16m), by Gidzenko and Avdeyev on 08.12.1995 (0h 29m) and Gidzenko and Reiter on 08.02.1996 (3h 05m); new instruments were installed; spaceflight took two month longer than planned due of missing money; longest space flight of a non-Russian to date.