Soyuz TM-3

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

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

Crew

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

Flight

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

Docking on MIR-spacestation. 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.