Soyuz TM-5

Soyuz TM-4
Rodnik

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	07.06.1988
Launch time:	14:03 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking MIR:	09.06.1988, 15:57:10 UTC
Undocking MIR:	05.09.1988, 23:54:57 UTC
Landing date:	17.06.1988
Landing time:	10:13 UTC
Landing site:	160 km SE of Dzheskaskan

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Soloviyov	Anatoli Yakovlevich	Commander	1	9d 20h 10m	156
2	Savinykh	Viktor Petrovich	Flight Engineer	3	9d 20h 10m	156
3	Alexandrov	Alexandr Panayatov "Sasha"	Research Cosmonaut	1	9d 20h 10m	156

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Soloviyov
2	Savinykh
3	Alexandrov

Landing
1	Lyakhov
2	Mohmand
3

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Lyakhov	Vladimir Afanasiyevich	Commander
2	Serebrov	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich	Flight Engineer
3	Stoyanov	Krasimir Mihailov	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 160 km southeast of Dzheskaskan.

Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR-Kvant-Soyuz TM-4 complex on 09.06.1988. Conducting joint scientific work with the third resident crew.

46 scientific experiments were performed, including astrophysical and astronomical research using the Rozhen astronomical experiment, Earth observation (coast of the Black Sea region), materials sciences, medicine and biology. Photos and spectral analysis were made from the Bulgarian territory, standard, when foreign cosmonauts are onboard the MIR. They also worked with the Kristallisator experiment.