Launch vehicle
Soyuz U
- Height
- 51.1 m
- Diameter
- 2.95 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 714
- First flight
- 1973-05-18
Historical mission record
This page records Soyuz U | Soyuz TM-27 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission
Soyuz TM-27 was the 35th mission and the 25th long-duration expedition to Mir space station. It was also a part of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program. The mission began on January 29, 1998, 16:33:42 UTC, launching Commander Talgat Musabayev, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and Research Cosmonaut Léopold Eyharts into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed several EVAs and various scientific experiments in medicine, biotechnology, Earth sciences etc. Station crew was visited by several Progress resupply spacecrafts, STS-91, and welcomed aboard Soyuz TM-28 with the next expedition crew. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on August 25, 1998, 05:24:44 UTC.
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz U
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Spacecraft
- Soyuz TM-27
- Destination
- Mir
- Launch pad
- 1/5
- Provider
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Programs
- Soyuz, Mir
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Launch site & orbit
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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