Soyuz TM-27 was a Russian spaceflight that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to the Russian
space station Mir
''Mir'' (russian: Мир, ; ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to&n ...
. It was the 33rd expedition to Mir. It was launched by a
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle was an improved version of the original Soyuz rocket. Soyuz-U was part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and cons ...
rocket from
Baikonur Cosmodrome on January 29, 1998. The main mission was to exchange one crew member, carry out
French mission
PEGASE, and conduct routine science experiments.
TM-27 docked with Mir. The crew repaired the Spektr
solar panel and installed a new VDU station orientation system.
Crew
Mission accomplishments
*Docked with
Mir
''Mir'' (russian: Мир, ; ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to&n ...
*Exchange part of crew
*Carried out
French mission
PEGASE
*Conducted routine science experiments
EVA schedule
*03.03.1998 aborted due to faulty hatch
*01.04.1998 (6h 40m)
*06.04.1998 (4h 23m)
*11.04.1998 (6h 25m)
*17.04.1998 (6h 32m)
*22.04.1998 (6h 21m)
*Over the course of these 5 walks, the cosmonauts repaired the Spektr
solar panel and installed a new VDU station orientation system.
Mission notes
Both
cosmonaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
s and astronaut
Andy Thomas
Andrew "Andy" Sydney Withiel Thomas, AO (born 18 December 1951) is an Australian and American aerospace engineer and a former NASA astronaut. He has dual nationality; he became a U.S. citizen in December 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's a ...
(arrived on
STS-89
STS-89 was a Space Shuttle mission to the '' Mir'' space station flown by Space Shuttle '' Endeavour'', and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 22 January 1998.
Crew
Crew notes
STS-89 was originally scheduled to return Wendy B. La ...
) became the 25th resident crew. Eyharts landed on 19.02.1998 with Soyuz TM-26-spacecraft. Included astronaut from France.
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Crewed Soyuz missions
Spacecraft launched in 1998
Spacecraft which reentered in 1998