Mir Altair


Haignere

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 - Mir News 177: Soyuz-TM17 launched from Baykonur 

    On 1 July 1993 at 1433 UTC the transport ship Soyuz-TM17 was launched for a flight ...more...

  • 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.

  • 1993 Jul 4 - Mir News 178: Soyuz-TM17 docked to Mir space station 

    This ship with on board the relief crew and the Frenchman Haignere docked to Mir ...more...

  • 1993 Jul 15 - Mir News 179: MISSION ALTAIR 

    This French scientific mission goes according to plan. Haignere stated that all ...more...

  • 1993 Jul 16 - Mir News 180: Movements of Progress-M's and Soyuz-TM's 

    Movements of Progress-M's and Soyuz-TM's in the near future:

    Progress-M18: Will ...more...

  • 1993 Jul 22 - Mir News 181: Soyuz-TM16 

    SAFE AND SOFT LANDING AT 064200 UTC.

    Soyuz-TM16 landed safely in near the city ...more...

  • 1993 Jul 22 - Landing of Soyuz TM-16 

    Soyuz TM-16 landed at 06:41 GMT with the crew of Haignere, Manakov and Polishchuk aboard.


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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