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Baturin

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13 August 1998 09:43 GMT. Landing Date: 1998-08-25 05:23:00. Flight Time: 11.82 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz TM-28 (Baturin). Flight Up: Soyuz TM-28. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-27. Call Sign: Altair. Crew: Baturin. Backup Crew: Kotov. Program: Mir. Soyuz TM-28 docked at 10:56 GMT on August 15 with the rear (Kvant) port of the Mir space station, which had been vacated at 09:28 GMT on August 12 by Progress M-39. Soyuz TM-27 undocked from Mir at 02:05 GMT on August 25, with Musabayev, Budarin and Baturin aboard. They landed on August 25 at 05:23 UTC near Arkalyk in Kazakstan.

• 1998 Aug 13 - Mir News 433: Launch of Soyuz-TM28 

  The transport ship Soyuz-TM28 with on board the crew for the 26th Main Expedition ...more...

• 1998 Aug 13 - Soyuz TM-28  Crew: Padalka, Avdeyev, Baturin. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Payload: Soyuz TM 11F732 s/n 77. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Duration: 198.69 days. Perigee: 363 km (225 mi). Apogee: 373 km (231 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 91.90 min.

  Soyuz TM-28 docked at 10:56 GMT on August 15 with the rear (Kvant) port of the Mir space station, which had been vacated at 09:28 GMT on August 12 by Progress M-39. The EO-25 crew, Musabayev and Budarin, landed with Baturin on Aug 25, leaving the EO-26 crew of Padalka and Avdeyev on the station. As only one final Soyuz mission to Mir was planned, with two of the seats on that Soyuz pre-sold to Slovak and French experimenters, the return crew of Soyuz TM-28 was subject to constant replanning and revision. On February 8, 1999, at 11:23 GMT Padalka and Avdeyev undocked from Mir's -X port in Soyuz TM-28, and redocked at the +X Kvant port at 11:39 GMT, freeing up the front port for the Soyuz TM-29 docking. Finally on February 27, 1999 EO-26 commander Padalka and Slovak cosmonaut Bella undocked Soyuz TM-28 from the Kvant rear docking port at 22:52 GMT, landing in Kazakhstan on February 28 at 02:14 GMT. Avdeyev remained on Mir with the EO-27 crew delivered on Soyuz TM-29, heading for a manned space flight time record.

• 1998 Aug 16 - Mir News 434: Successful docking Soyuz-TM28 

  This transport ship docked at Mir's aft (+X-axis) docking port on 15.08.1998 at ...more...

• 1998 Aug 25 - Mir News 435: Soyuz-TM27 safely landed 

  Soyuz-TM27 with on board the relieved ME 25 crew and the politician Baturin undocked ...more...

• 1998 Aug 25 - Landing of Soyuz TM-27 

  Soyuz TM-27 undocked from Mir at 02:05 GMT on August 25, with Musabayev, Budarin and Baturin aboard. They landed on August 25 at 05:23 GMT near Arkalyk in Kazakstan.