Soyuz TM-4

USSR

Manned Flight nº: 118

Earth orbit Flight nº: 115

USSR Flight nº: 64

Launch & orbit data:

Designation	18699 / 87104A
Launch date - time	21 Dec 1987 - 11:18:03 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1
Launch vehicle	Soyuz 11A511U2
OKB name - S/N°	Soyuz 7K-STM (11F732) s/n° 54.
Mass (kg)	7.070
Flight Crew (EO-3)	Titov, Vladimir (CDR) Manarov, Musa (FE) Levchenko, Anatoli (CR)
Call Sign	Okean (Ocean )
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	337 x 357 km
- Inclination	51.6°
- Period	91.5 min

Docking & landing data:

Docking date - time	23 Dec 1987 - 12:51 UT
Target spacecraft/port	Kvant/
Undocking date - time
Redocking date - time	UT
Target spacecraft/port	Mir/fore
Undocking date - time	17 Jun 1988 - 06:20:50 UT
Deorbit burn date - time	17 Jun 1988 - 09:22:38 UT
Landing date - time	17 Jun 1988 - 10:12:32 UT
Landing location	46°N, 69°E
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	178.95 days
Nbr orbits
Landing crew	Solovyov A., Savinykh V., Alexandrov A. (crew TM-5)

Levchenko landed at 29.12.1987 with Soyuz TM-3-spacecraft.
Titov & Manarov landed at 21.12.88 with Soyuz TM-6

Crew

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration	Orbits
1	Titov	Vladimir Georgiyevich	Commander	365d 22h 39m	5790
2	Manarov	Musa Khiromanovich	Flight engineer	365d 22h 39m	5790
3	Levchenko	Anatoli Semyonovich	Research cosmonaut	7d 21h 58m	125

Backup Crew

Nr.	Name	Job
1	Volkov, Aleksandr A.	Commander
2	Kaleri, Aleksandr Y.	Flight engineer
2	Shchukin, Aleksandr	Research cosm.

Mir shower - Credit: RKK Energia.

Mir EVA - Credit: RKK Energia.

Mir Expedition EO-03. returned crew of Soyuz TM-5 to Earth. Orbits 168 x 243 km, 255 x 296 km, 333 x 359 km. Docked with Mir 12:51 GMT 23 December. 30 December moved to forward port. Undocked 06:18 GMT 17 June 88. Recovered June 17, 1988 10:13 GMT. Landed 202 km from Dzehezkazgan.

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; docking on MIR. Carried Musa Manarov, Anatoly Levchenko and Vladimir Titov to Mir.
Only 9 days after lift-off Levchenko returned to Earth (on Souyz TM-3), where he died of a brain tumour eight monts later on 6 August 1988.
Titov and Manarov became third resident crew of MIR, and make their stay one of the longest in history (at that moment). This 366 day long mission included extensive research.
Both performed EVA′s on 26.02.1988 (4h 25m), 30.06.1988 (5h 10m) and 20.10.1988 (4h 12m), to repair the TTM-telescope und to test a new spacesuit.
Landing with Soyuz TM-6-spacecraft 80 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel on Progress 31 cover.

Docking cancel on Progress 31 cover.

Cosmic Mail: New MIR boardcancel, signed by Titov and Manarov.

Undocking & recovery cancel Baikonur, signed by crew Solovyov A., Savinykh V. and Alexandrov A. (crew TM-5).

Ref.: #1, #7, #8, #10, #16, #210 - update: 11.10.25

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