Soyuz TM-28

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	13.08.1998
Launch time:	09:43 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	190 - 237,7 km
Inclination:	50,64°
Docking MIR:	15.08.1998, 10:56:54 UT
Undocking MIR:	27.02.1999, 22:55:11 UT
Landing time:	28.02.1999
Landing date:	02:14 UT
Landing site:	50° 42' N, 67° 12' E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Padalka	Gennadi Ivanovich	Commander	1	198d 16h 31m	3144
2	Avdeyev	Sergei Vasiliyevich	Flight Engineer	3	379d 14h 52m	6007
3	Baturin	Yuri Mikhailovich	Research Cosmonaut	1	11d 19h 41m	186

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Padalka
2	Avdeyev
3	Baturin

Landing
1	Padalka
2	Bella
3

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Zalyotin	Sergei Viktorovich	Commander
2	Kaleri	Aleksandr Yuriyevich	Flight Engineer
3	Kotov	Oleg Valeriyevich	Research Cosmonaut

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Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing of Padalka and Bella (launched with Soyuz TM-29) 59 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Docking on MIR space station; Padalka and Avdeyev became 26th resident crew of MIR; Baturin, the first Russian politician in space, performed an inspection-mission; Padalka and Avdeyev performed an EVA on 15.09.1998 (30m) into the module Spektr (new cabels connected for solar structures).