Soyuz TM-13



         


Soyuz TM-13
Mission Statistics
Mission Name:Soyuz TM-13
Call Sign:Donbas
Number of Crew Members: 3
Launch:October 2, 1991
05:59:38 UTC
Baikonur LC1
Landing:March 25, 1992
08:51:22 UTC
near Dzhezkazgan
Duration:175 days 02 hours 51 minutes 44 seconds
Number of Orbits: ~2,730


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Mission Highlights

13th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut from Austria and cosmonaut from Kazakhstan.

Soyuz-TM 13 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 newlyindependent 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.

Spent 175 days docked to Mir. Krikalev launched from the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, and landed in independent Kazakhstan.


Previous Mission:
Soyuz TM-12
Soyuz programme Next Mission:
Soyuz TM-14






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