Soyuz TM-10
| Mission Statistics
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| Mission Name: | Soyuz TM-10
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| Call Sign: | Вулка́н (Vulkan - Volcano)
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| Number of Crew Members: | 2 launched / 3 landed
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| Launch: | August 1, 1990
09:32:21 UTC
Baikonur LC1
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| Landing: | December 10, 1990
06:08:12 UTC
69 km NW of Arkalyk
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| Duration: | 130 days 20 hours 35 minutes 51 seconds
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| Number of Orbits: | ~2,125
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Crew
Launched:
Landed:
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 198 km
- Apogee: 219 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 88.7 minutes
Mission Highlights
10th expedition to Mir. Marked return to earth of Japanese reporter/tourist.
The Vulkans arrived at Mir’s aft port with four passengers—quail for cages in Kvant 2. A quail laid an egg en route to the station. It was returned to Earth, along with 130 kg of experiment results and industrial products, in Soyuz-TM 9. The spacecraft landed without incident.
Spent 131 days attached to Mir. A camera was installed in the descent module
as part of the agreement with Akiyama’s network to film the reactions of the
returning cosmonauts.
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