Soyuz TM-22

Launch & orbit data: Designation  23665 / 95047A Launch date - time  03 Sep 1995 - 09:00:23 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1 Launch vehicle  Soyuz 11A511U2 OKB name - S/N°  Soyuz 7K-STM (11F732) s/n° 71 Mass (kg)  7.150 Flight Crew  Gidzenko, Yuri (CDR) Avdeyev, Sergey (FE) Reiter, Thomas (CR) Call Sign  Uran (Uranus) Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  391 / 398 km    - Inclination  51.7°    - Period  92.5 min

Docking & landing data: Docking date - time  05 Sep 1995 - 10:29:53 UT Target spacecraft/port  Mir/fore Undocking date - time  29 Feb 1996 - 07:20:06 UT Deorbit burn date - time  29 Feb 1996 - 09:47:23 UT Landing date - time  29 Feb 1996 - 10:42:08 UT Landing location  105 km NE of Arkalyk (51° 18' N, 67° 27' E) Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  179:01:42 Nbr orbits

Launch Crew (EO-20):

Flight crew

Backup Crew

Mission details:

• Mir Expedition EO-20. Crew commander was Yuriy Pavlovich Gidzenko of the Russian Air Force. Flight engineer was Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeyev of RKK Energiya, and cosmonaut-researcher was Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency.
• mission "EUROMIR 95"
• Soyuz TM-22 docked with Mir's front (-X) port at 10:29:54 UT on September 5 and the hatch was opened at 11:01:23.
• joint Russian-German research work; EVA`s performed by Avdeyev and Reiter (first German performing a spacewalk) at 20.10.1995 (5h 16m), by Gidzenko and Avdeyev on 08.12.1995 (0h 29m) and Gidzenko and Reiter on 08.02.1996 (3h 06m); new instruments were installed.
• Spaceflight took two month longer than planned due of missing money; longest space flight of a non-Russian to date.
• On February 29 the crew undocked from Mir in Soyuz TM-22, and at 10:42 UTC they landed in Kazakstan, 105 km northeast of Arkalyk, after 179d 1h 42min in space.