Soyuz TM-26

Rodnik

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	05.08.1997
Launch time:	15:35 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	192,9 - 248,8 km
Inclination:	51,64°
Docking MIR:	07.08.1997, 17:02:07 UTC
Undocking MIR:	19.02.1998, 05:52:50 UTC
Landing date:	19.02.1998
Landing time:	09:10 UTC
Landing site:	50° 11' N, 67° 31' E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Soloviyov	Anatoli Yakovlevich	Commander	5	197d 17h 34m	3128
2	Vinogradov	Pavel Vladimirovich	Flight Engineer	1	197d 17h 34m	3128

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Soloviyov
2	Vinogradov
3

Landing
1	Soloviyov
2	Vinogradov
3	Eyharts

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Padalka	Gennadi Ivanovich	Commander
2	Avdeyev	Sergei Vasiliyevich	Flight Engineer

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 30 km southeast of Arkalyk.

Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 07.08.1997. Both cosmonauts and Mike Foale became the 24th resident crew.

First EVA by Soloviyov and Vinogradov on 22.08.1997 (3h 16m) into the module Spektr to connect new cables and mount a new hatch.

Second EVA by Soloviyov and Foale on 06.09.1997 (7h 0m) for more repairing work.

The main computer was exchanged during the docking of STS-86.

Both cosmonauts performed more EVAs on 20.10.1997 (6h 38m), 03.11.1997 (6h 04m) and 06.11.1997 (6h 12m) into the module Spektr. The hatch was repaired during an EVA on 08.01.1998 (3h 06m) by both cosmonauts. Soloviyov and new reasearch cosmonaut Dave Wolf (replaced Foale) performed the final EVA on 14.01.1998 (3h 52m) to inspect the station interior.