Soyuz TM-3

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	22.07.1987
Launch time:	01:59 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking MIR:	24.07.1987, 03:31:23 UTC
Undocking MIR:	29.12.1987, 05:58:00 UTC
Landing date:	30.07.1987
Landing time:	01:04 UTC
Landing site:	80 km NE of Arkalyk

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Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Viktorenko	Aleksandr Stepanovich	Commander	1	7d 23h 04m	126
2	Aleksandrov	Aleksandr Pavlovich	Flight Engineer	2	160d 07h 16m	2537
3	Faris	Muhammed Achmed	Research Cosmonaut	1	7d 23h 04m	126

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Viktorenko
2	Aleksandrov
3	Faris

Landing
1	Romanenko
2	Aleksandrov
3	Levchenko

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Soloviyov	Anatoli Yakovlevich	Commander
2	Savinykh	Viktor Petrovich	Flight Engineer
3	Habib	Munir Habib	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing with Soyuz TM-2 spacecraft 80 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 24.07.1987. Aleksandrov became Laveykin's replacement aboard MIR, becoming Romanenko's new partner. The visiting expedition observed Syria (Euphrat experiment) and conducted materials processing experiments, but also biological experiments.

Syrian guest cosmonaut Muhammed Faris and Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr Viktorenko returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-2 with Aleksandr Laveykin, who was diagnosed by ground based doctors as having minor heart problems.