Soyuz TM-17

Launch & orbit data: Designation  22704 / 93043A Launch date - time  01 Jul 1993 - 14:32:58 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1 Launch vehicle  Soyuz 11A511U2 OKB name - S/Nº  Soyuz 7K-STM (11F732) s/nº 66. Mass (kg)  7150 Call Sign  Sirius Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  388 x 397 km    - Inclination  51.6°    - Period  92.4 min

Docking & landing data: Docking date - time  03 Jul 1993 - 16:24:03 UT Target spacecraft/port  Mir/fore Undocking date - time  14 Jan 1994 - 04:37:11 (collided with fore twice) Deorbit burn date - time  14 Jan 1994 - 07:23:46 UT separate 07:51:52 UT Landing date - time  14 Jan 1994 - 08:18:20 UT Landing location  215 km W of Karaganda (49° 37' N, 70° 7' E) Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  196d 17hr 45m Nbr orbits   Landing crew  Tsibliyev, Serebrov  (crew TM-17)

Launch Crew (EO-14):

Backup Crew

Mir - Credit: NASA.

Mir in Cosmonaut′s Visor - Credit: RKK Energia.

• Launch from Baikonur; landing 215 km west of Karaganda; mission ALTAIR; docking on MIR spacestation; scientific work with the 13th resident crew; after returning to Earth of the 13th crew (together with Haigneré), Tsibilyev and Serebrov became the 14th MIR resident crew; experiments in materials science; both cosmonauts performed five EVA′s on 16.09.1993 (4h 18m), 20.09.1993 (3h 14m), 28.09.1993 (1h 52m), 22.10.1993 (0h 38m) and 29.10.1993 (4h 12m), in which the Rapana truss was installed and several experiment packages were retrieved during separation of Soyuz-spacecraft light collision with the MIR.
• Mir Expedition EO-14. Carried Vasili Tsibliyev, Alexander Serebrov, Jean-Pierre Haignere to Mir; returned Serebrov, Tsibliyev to Earth. Progress M-18 undocked from Mir's front port at around 17:25 GMT on July 3, and Soyuz TM-17 docked at the same port only 20 minutes later at 17:45 GMT. The EO-14 crew landed at 08:18 GMT on Jan 14 in the Soyuz TM-17 spaceship. The EO-14 expedition lasted 196 days 17hr 45 m, the 7th longest spaceflight.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel and special cancel Baikonur, on special cover and Kazakstan stamps.

Launch cancel and special cancel Baikonur, signed by crew and backup.

Cosmic Mail: Cover on board of Mir, with 2 Mir boardcancel, date docking boardcancel: 030793, special Altair cancel signed by the crew.

Cosmic Mail: Cover on board of Mir, with 2 Mir boardcancel, undocking date boardcancel: 140194, signed by the crew.