Soyuz TM-24

Soyuz TM-25

Russia

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	17.08.1996
Launch time:	13:18 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	195,8 - 242,8 km
Inclination:	51,63°
Docking MIR:	19.08.1996, 14:50:23 UT
Undocking MIR:	02.03.1997, 03:24:57 UT
Landing date:	02.03.1997
Landing time:	06:44 UT
Landing site:	47° 49' N, 69° 24' E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Korzun	Valeri Grigoriyevich	Commander	1	196d 17h 26m	3113
2	Kaleri	Aleksandr Yuriyevich	Flight Engineer	2	196d 17h 26m	3113
3	André-Deshays	Claudie	Research Cosmonaut	1	15d 18h 23m	249

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Korzun
2	Kaleri
3	André-Deshays

Landing
1	Korzun
2	Kaleri
3	Ewald

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Double Crew

No.		Surname	Given names	Job
3		Eyharts	Léopold	Research Cosmonaut

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Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 128 km east of Dzheskasgan.

Former prime crew (Manakov and Vinogradov) was exchanged five days before launch due of medical problems of Manakov.

Docking on MIR spacestation; 22nd resident crew (first together with Shannon Lucid, later John Blaha / Jerry Linenger); French mission CASSIOPÈE; physiological and neurological experiments; crew was visited by STS-79, MIR97 and STS-81-crews; EVAs by Korzun and Kaleri on 02.12.1996 (5h 57m) and 09.12.1996 (6h 36m), (external cable installation of the MSCA solar array).