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Soyuz TM-19

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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission

Soyuz TM-19 was the 19th mission and the 16th long-duration expedition to Mir space station. The mission began on July 1, 1994, 12:24:50 UTC, launching Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Talgat Musabayev into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed two EVAs, carried out various scientific experiments in medicine, material sciences, astrophysics etc. Station crew was visited by several Progress resupply spacecrafts, and welcomed aboard the Soyuz TM-20 crew. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on November 4, 1994, 11:18:26 UTC.

Launch vehicle
Soyuz-U2
Mission type
Human Exploration
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft
Soyuz TM-19
Destination
Mir
Launch pad
1/5
Provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Programs
Soyuz, Mir

The vehicle

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Soyuz-U2
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

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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