Soyuz TM-21
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1995-010A |
| Mission duration | 181 days, 41 minutes, 6 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~2,940 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,170 kilograms (15,810 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 up 2 down |
| Launching |
Vladimir Dezhurov Gennady Strekalov Norman Thagard |
| Landing |
Anatoly Solovyev Nikolai Budarin |
| Callsign | Урага́н (Uragan - Hurricane) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | March 14, 1995, 06:11:34 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | September 11, 1995, 06:52:40 UTC |
| Landing site | 50°40′N 68°15′E / 50.67°N 68.25°E |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 200 kilometers (120 mi) |
| Apogee | 249.6 kilometers (155.1 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.65 degrees |
| Period | 88.7 minutes |
| Docking with Mir | |
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 From left to right: Norman Thagard, Vladimir Dezhurov, Gennady Strekalov
Soyuz programme
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Soyuz TM-21 was Soyuz mission, a human spaceflight mission transporting personnel to the Russian space station Mir. Part of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, the mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket, at 06:11:34 UTC on March 14, 1995. It is of note because its launch marked the presence, for the first time ever, of thirteen humans in space simultaneously - three aboard the Soyuz, three aboard Mir and seven aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, flying STS-67.
The spacecraft carried expedition EO-18 to the space station, including the first American astronaut to launch on a Soyuz spacecraft and board Mir, Norman Thagard, for the American Thagard Increment aboard the station, the first Increment of the Shuttle-Mir program. The three crew members it launched were relieved by Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-71, when they were replaced by expedition EO-19. The crew returned to earth aboard Soyuz TM-21 on September 11, 1995.
Coordinates: 50°40′12″N 68°15′00″E / 50.67000°N 68.25000°E
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