Soyuz TM-27

Kristall

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	29.01.1998
Launch time:	16:33 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	193,46 - 237,76 km
Inclination:	51,62°
Docking MIR:	31.01.1998, 17:54:20 UT
Undocking MIR:	25.08.1998, 02:04:55 UT
Landing date:	25.08.1998
Landing time:	05:24 UT
Landing site:	47° 57' 07'' N, 69° 37' 50'' E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Musabayev	Talgat Amangeldyyevich	Commander	2	207d 12h 51m	3284
2	Budarin	Nikolai Mikhailovich	Flight Engineer	2	207d 12h 51m	3284
3	Eyharts	Léopold	Research Cosmonaut	1	20d 16h 37m	325

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Musabayev
2	Budarin
3	Eyharts

Landing
1	Musabayev
2	Budarin
3	Baturin

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Afanasiyev	Viktor Mikhailovich	Commander
2	Treshchyov	Sergei Yevgeniyevich	Flight Engineer
3	Haigneré	Jean-Pierre	Research Cosmonaut

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Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 40 km southeast of Dzheskasgan.

Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 31.01.1998. Musabayev and Budarin together with astronaut Andy Thomas became the 25th resident crew of MIR. First in the focus was the French mission "PEGASE". The crew worked on common scientific experiments.

A planned EVA of Musabayev and Budarin on 03.03.1998 was cancelled, because the hatch could not be opened and all wrenches broke.

Later five EVAs by both cosmonauts on 01.04.1998 (6h 40m), 06.04.1998 (4h 23m), 11.04.1998 (6h 25m), 17.04.1998 (6h 32m), 22.04.1998 (6h 21m). They repaired the damaged Spektr solar panel and installed the new VDU station orientation engine into the Sofora boom.

Meanwhile the crew unloaded the unmanned transporters Progress M-38 und M-39. On June 04, 1998 the Discovery (STS-91) docked with the MIR. With this mission the US crew member Andrew Thomas returned to Earth.