Soyuz TM-10 was the tenth expedition to the Russian

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.The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm10.htm

Crew

Mission highlights

TM-10 marked the return to earth of

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reporter

Toyohiro Akiyama is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station. He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, and his space mi ...

. The Soyuz arrived at Mir's aft port with four passengers:

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for cages in

Kvant-2 Kvant-2 (russian: Квант-2; English: Quantum-II/2) (77KSD, TsM-D, 11F77D) was the third module and second major addition to the Mir space station. Its primary purpose was to deliver new science experiments, better life support systems, and an ...

. 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 Soyuz TM-9 was the ninth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM9.htm Crew Mission highlights During docking, cosmonauts aboard Mir noticed that thr ...

. 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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