Soyuz TM-10
| COSPAR ID | 1990-067A |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 130 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, 51 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~2,125 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 up 3 down |
| Members |
Gennadi Manakov Gennady Strekalov |
| Landing | Toyohiro Akiyama |
| Callsign | Вулка́н (Vulkan - Volcano) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | August 1, 1990, 09:32:21 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | December 10, 1990, 06:08:12 UTC |
| Landing site | 69 kilometres (43 mi) NW of Arkalyk |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 198 kilometres (123 mi) |
| Apogee | 219 kilometres (136 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 88.7 minutes |
| Docking with Mir | |
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Soyuz programme
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The Soyuz-TM crew transports (T - транспортный - Transportnyi - meaning transport, M - модифицированный - Modifitsirovannyi - meaning modified) were fourth generation (1986–2002) Soyuz spacecraft used for ferry flights to the Mir and ISS space stations. It added to the Soyuz-T new docking and rendezvous, radio communications, emergency and integrated parachute/landing engine systems. The new Kurs rendezvous and docking system permitted the Soyuz-TM to maneuver independently of the station, without the station making "mirror image" maneuvers to match unwanted translations introduced by earlier models' aft-mounted attitude control.
Soyuz TM-10 was the tenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.
TM-10 marked the return to earth of Japanese reporter Toyohiro Akiyama.
The Soyuz arrived at Mir's aft port with four passengers: quail for cages in Kvant-2. A quail had laid an egg en route to the station. It was returned to Earth, along with 130 kg of experiment results and industrial products, in Soyuz TM-9. The spacecraft landed without incident.
It spent 131 days attached to Mir. A camera was installed in the descent module as part of the agreement with Akiyama’s network to film the reactions of the returning cosmonauts.
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