Soyuz TM-16
| Mission Statistics
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| Mission Name: | Soyuz TM-16
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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: | January 24, 1993
05:58:05 UTC
Baikonur LC1
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| Landing: | July 22, 1993
06:41:50 UTC
140 km S of Dzhezkazgan
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| Duration: | 179 days 00 hours 43 minutes 45 seconds
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| Number of Orbits: | ~2,790
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Crew
Launched:
Landed:
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 393 km
- Apogee: 394 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 92.4 minutes
Mission Highlights
16th expedition to Mir.
First Soyuz without a probe and drogue docking system since 1976. It carried
an APAS-89 androgynous docking unit different from the APAS-75 unit used for ASTP in 1975, yet similar in general principles. Soyuz-TM 16 used it to dock with an androgynous docking port on the Kristall module. This was a test of the docking system in preparation for dockings by space shuttles with Mir.
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