Aleksandrov Aleksandr

Savinykh

Solovyov

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Mir panel Credit - RKK Energia

7 June 1988 14:03 GMT. Landing Date: 1988-06-17 10:13:00 PM. Flight Time: 9.84 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz TM-5. Flight Up: Soyuz TM-5. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-4. Call Sign: Rodnik (Spring - water spring). Crew: Aleksandrov Aleksandr, Savinykh, Solovyov. Backup Crew: Lyakhov, Serebrov, Stoyanov. Program: Mir. Transported to the Mir orbital station a Soviet/Bulgarian crew comprising cosmonauts A Y Solovyev, V P Savinykh and A P Aleksandrov (Bulgaria) to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts V G Titov and M K Manarov. Interim orbit 343 x 282 km. Maneuvered to Mir's 355 x 349 km orbit. Docked 15:57 GMT 9 June to Mir's aft port. Undocked 06:18 GMT 17 June 88. Recovered June 17, 1988 10:13 GMT. Landed 202 km from Dzehezkazgan.

Narrative (adapted from D S F Portree's Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995)

Due to the Soyuz 33 failure, Bulgaria was the only east European Soviet ally not to have had a citizen visit a Soviet space station. Bulgarian cosmonaut-researcher Alexandr Alexandrov, (endlessly confused with the contemporary Soviet cosmonaut of the same name), used nearly 2,000 kg of equipment delivered by Progress freighters to conduct 46 experiments in the Shipka program during his stay. The visiting crew left aboard Soyuz TM-4, leaving the fresh Soyuz TM-5 as a lifeboat.

• 1988 Jun 7 - Soyuz TM-5  Crew: Aleksandrov Aleksandr, Savinykh, Solovyov. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Payload: Soyuz TM 11F732 s/n 55. Mass: 7,000 kg (15,400 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Duration: 91.45 days. Perigee: 196 km (121 mi). Apogee: 216 km (134 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.60 min.

  Transported to the Mir orbital station a Soviet/Bulgarian crew comprising cosmonauts A Y Solovyev, V P Savinykh and A P Aleksandrov (Bulgaria) to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts V G Titov and M K Manarov. Interim orbit 343 x 282 km. Maneuvered to Mir's 355 x 349 km orbit. Docked 15:57 GMT 9 June to Mir's aft port. Moved to forward port 18 June.

• 1988 Jun 17 - Landing of Soyuz TM-4 

  Undocked 06:18 GMT 17 June 88. Soyuz TM-4 landed at 10:13 GMT, 202 km from Dzehezkazgan, with the crew of Aleksandrov Aleksandr, Savinykh and Solovyov aboard.