Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 117

Soyuz TM-6

Soyuz TM-5

USSR

Patch Soyuz TM-6

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  29.08.1988
Launch time:  04:23 UT
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  350 km
Inclination:  51,6°
Docking MIR:  31.08.1988, 05:40:44 UT
Undocking MIR:  21.12.1988, 02:32:54 UT
Landing date:  07.09.1988
Landing time:  00:49 UT
Landing site:  160 km SE of Dzheskasgan

walkout photo

Crew Soyuz TM-6

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USSR  Lyakhov  Vladimir Afanasiyevich  Commander 3 8d 20h 26m  141 
2 USSR  Polyakov  Valeri Vladimirovich  Research Doctor 1 240d 22h 34m  3812 
3 Afghanistan  Mohmand  Abdul Ahad "Abdulah"  Research Cosmonaut 1 8d 20h 26m  141 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Lyakhov
2  Polyakov
3  Mohmand
Soyuz TM spaceship
Landing
1  Titov
2  Manarov
3  Chrétien

Animations: Soyuz

Launch deorbit entry
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Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 USSR  Berezovoy  Anatoli Nikolayevich  Commander
2 USSR  Arzamazov  German Semyonovich  Research Doctor
3 Afghanistan  Dauran-Ghulam Masum  Mohammed  Research Cosmonaut
Crew Soyuz TM-6 (double)

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alternate crew photo

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing with Soyuz TM-5-spacecraft 160 km southeast of Dzheskasgan.

The crew had a unique makeup, with a commander (Vladimir Lyakhov) who had been trained to fly a Soyuz-TM solo in the event a rescue ship needed to be sent to recover two cosmonauts from MIR, no flight Engineer, and two inexperienced cosmonaut-researchers.

Docking on MIR-Kvant-Soyuz TM-5; scientific work with the third resident crew. It included Earth observation, materials sciences and medical research (including observation of earthquake regions, searching for mineral ressources). Topographic camera Kate 140, the MKS-M spectrometer, the Spektr 256-analysator and a handcamera were used during the Shamshed experiment. Medical experiment included studying of movementproblems in minor gravitation. Polyakov stayed on board and became member of the third resident crew.

Landing at third attempt because of a computer error.

Note

Polyakov landed on 27.04.1989 at 02:57 UT with Soyuz TM-7-spacecraft.

Photos / Drawings

MIR since 31.03.1987 Soyuz TM-6 on launch pad
Soyuz TM-6 landing  

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