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Aubakirov Viehboeck

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2 October 1991 05:59 GMT. Landing Date: 1991-10-10 04:11:53. Flight Time: 7.93 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz TM-13 (Aubakirov, Viehboeck). Flight Up: Soyuz TM-13. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-12. Call Sign: Donbass (Donbass - River Don basin). Crew: Aubakirov, Viehboeck. Backup Crew: Lothaller, Musabayev. Program: Mir.

Of note: First Austrian astronaut. First Kazakh astronaut. Soyuz TM-13 transported to the Mir manned orbital station an international crew comprising the cosmonauts A Volkov (USSR), T Aubakirov (USSR) and F. Viehbock (Austria), to conduct joint scientific and technical research with the cosmonauts A. Artsebarsky and S Krikalyov. Austria paid $ 7 million for mission. Kazakh cosmonaut added at last minute. Artsebarsky traded places with Volkov and returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-12 with Aubakirov and Viehboeck. Krikalyov remained aboard Mir on his unplanned long-duration mission together with Volkov to make up the EO-10 crew.

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

Soyuz TM-13 arrived at Mir on 4 October, 1991. It carried Austrian cosmonaut-researcher Franz Viehboeck and Kazakh cosmonaut-researcher Toktar Aubakirov. The flight was unusual for carrying no flight engineer. Veteran Russian cosmonaut Alexandr Volkov commanded. The Austrians paid $7 million to fly Viehboeck to Mir, and the Kazakh cosmonaut flew partly in an effort to encourage newly-independent Kazakhstan to continue to permit launchings from Baikonur Cosmodrome. The cosmonaut-researchers photographed their respective countries from orbit and conducted the usual range of materials processing and medical experiments. Artsebarski traded places with Volkov and returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-12. Krikalyov remained aboard Mir on his unplanned long-duration mission together with Volkov to make up the EO-10 crew.

• 1991 Oct 2 - Soyuz TM-13  Crew: Aubakirov, Viehboeck, Volkov Aleksandr. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Payload: Soyuz TM 11F732 s/n 63. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U2. Duration: 175.12 days. Perigee: 195 km (121 mi). Apogee: 232 km (144 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 88.80 min.

  Manned three crew. Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-10. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station an international crew comprising the cosmonauts A Volkov (USSR), T Aubakirov (USSR) and F. Viehbock (Austria), to conduct joint scientific and technical research with the cosmonauts A. Artsebarsky and S Krikalev. Austria paid $ 7 million for mission. Kazakh cosmonaut added at last minute.

• 1991 Oct 10 - Landing of Soyuz TM-12 

  Soyuz TM-12 landed at 04:11 GMT with the crew of Artsebarsky, Aubakirov and Viehboeck aboard.

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