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Mir Altair
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1 July 1993 14:38 GMT. Landing Date: 1993-07-22 06:41:52. Flight Time: 20.67 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz TM-17 (Haignere). Flight Up: Soyuz TM-17. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-16. Call Sign: Sirius (Sirius ). Crew: Haignere. Backup Crew: Andre-Deshays. Program: Mir. Soyuz TM-17 carried the EO-14 crew of Vasili Tsibliyev, Alexander Serebrov, and French cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Haignere to Mir. Progress M-18 undocked from Mir's front port at around 17:25 GMT on July 3, and Soyuz TM-17 docked at the same port only 20 minutes later at 17:45 GMT. Haignere returned to earth aboard Soyuz TM-16 on 22 July. Mir Altair Chronology
- 1993 Jul 1 - Soyuz TM-17 Crew: Haignere, Serebrov, Tsibliyev. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Payload: Soyuz TM 11F732 s/n 66. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U2. Duration: 196.74 days. Perigee: 388 km (241 mi). Apogee: 397 km (246 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.40 min.
Mir Expedition EO-14. Carried Vasili Tsibliyev, Alexander Serebrov, Jean-Pierre Haignere to Mir; returned Serebrov, Tsibliyev to Earth. Progress M-18 undocked from Mir's front port at around 17:25 GMT on July 3, and Soyuz TM-17 docked at the same port only 20 minutes later at 17:45 GMT.
Bibliography and Further Reading - Oberg, James, Red Star in Orbit, Random House, New York, 1981. ISBN: 0394514297. Oberg's book was, at its time, the most accurate, and still the most lively account of the Soviet manned program. More at amazon.com...
- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
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