Soyuz TM-13

Launch & orbit data: Designation  21735 / 91069A Launch date - time  02 Oct 1991 - 05:59:38 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1 Launch vehicle  Soyuz 11A511U2 OKB name - S/N°  Soyuz 7K-STM (11F732) s/n° 63 Mass (kg)  7.150 Call Sign  Donbass (River Don basin) Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  195 / 232 km    - Inclination  51.7°    - Period  88.8 min

Docking & landing data: Docking date - time  04 Oct 1991 - 07:42 UT Target spacecraft/port  Mir/fore Undocking date - time  25 Mar 1992 - 05:26 UT Deorbit burn date - time  25 Mar 1992 - 07:55 UT Landing date - time  25 Mar 1992 - 08:51:22 UT Landing location  65 km NE of Arkalyk Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  175:02:52 Nbr orbits   Landing crew  Krikalev, Volkov, Flade  (crew TM-12, TM-13 & TM-14)

Crew (EO-10):

Backup Crew

Mir core - Credit: NASA.

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. On March 25, Volkov, Krikalyov and Flade undocked from the front port in Soyuz TM-13 and landed in Kazakhstan at 08:51 GMT on March 25.

Mir in orbit - Credit: RKK Energia.

Soyuz TM-13 - Aubakirov on way to launch vehicle. - Credit: RKK Energia.

Soyuz TM-13 - Aubakirov aboard Mir. - Credit: RKK Energia.