Historical mission record
This page records Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-9 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-9 was the ninth mission and the sixth long-duration expedition to Mir space station. The mission began on February 11, 1990, 06:16:00 UTC, launching Commander Anatoly Solovyev and Flight Engineer Aleksandr Balandin into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed two EVAs, various station maintenance tasks, and carried out scientific experiments in biology, geophysics, space technology, astronomy etc. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on August 9, 1990, 07:33:57 UTC.
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U2
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Spacecraft
- Soyuz TM-9
- Destination
- Mir
- Launch pad
- 1/5
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Programs
- Soyuz, Mir
The people behind the mission
Meet the crew
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Launch crew
Soyuz TM-9
Flight Engineer
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Astronaut profileLanding crew (2)Soyuz TM-9
Flight Engineer
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Astronaut profileThe vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-U2
The Soyuz-U2 was a Soviet, later Russian, carrier rocket. It was derived from the Soyuz-U, and a member of the R-7 family of rockets. It featured increased performance compared with the baseline Soyuz-U, due to the use of syntin propellant, as opposed to RP-1 paraffin, used on the Soyuz-U.
- Height
- 34.54 m
- Diameter
- 2.95 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 71
- First flight
- 1982-12-23
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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