Soyuz TM-10 was the tenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.[1]
COSPAR ID | 1990-067A ![]() |
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SATCAT no. | 20722![]() |
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 | Gennady Manakov Gennady Strekalov |
Landing | Toyohiro Akiyama |
Callsign | Вулка́н (Vulkan – Volcano) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 1 August 1990, 09:32:21 (1990-08-01UTC09:32:21Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 10 December 1990, 06:08:12 (1990-12-10UTC06:08:13Z) UTC |
Landing site | 69 kilometres (43 mi) NW of Arkalyk |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 198 kilometres (123 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 219 kilometres (136 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 88.7 minutes |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking date | 3 August 1990, 11:45:44 UTC |
Undocking date | 10 December 1990, 02:48:11 UTC |
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Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() Fourth spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | None | ![]() First spaceflight |
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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Uncrewed missions are designated as Kosmos instead of Soyuz; exceptions are noted "(uncrewed)". The † sign designates failed missions. Italics designates cancelled missions. |
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Skynet 4A · JCSAT-2 | STS-32 (Leasat 5) | Kosmos 2055 | Kosmos 2056 | SPOT-2 · UoSAT-3 · UoSAT-4 · Pacsat · DOVE · Webersat · LUSat | Molniya-3 No.53L | Hiten · Hagoromo | USA-50) | Kosmos 2057 | Kosmos 2058 | Zhongxing 3 | Kosmos 2059 | Momo 1b · Orizuru · Fuju 1b | Soyuz TM-9 | USA-51 · USA-52 | Gran' No.35L | Superbird B · BS 2x | Nadezhda No.405 | Okean-O1 No.5 | STS-36 (USA-53) | Progress M-3 | Intelsat 603 | Kosmos 2060 | Kosmos 2061 | Kosmos 2062 | USA-54 | Kosmos 2063 | Ofek-2 | Unnamed | Pegsat · USA-55 | Kosmos 2064 · Kosmos 2065 · Kosmos 2066 · Kosmos 2067 · Kosmos 2068 · Kosmos 2069 · Kosmos 2070 · Kosmos 2071 | AsiaSat 1 | USA-56 · USA-57 · USA-58 | Foton No.6L | Kosmos 2072 | Palapa B2R | Kosmos 2073 | Kosmos 2074 | STS-31 (Hubble) | Kosmos 2075 | Molniya-1 No.71 | Kosmos 2076 | Progress 42 | Kosmos 2077 | MacSat 1 · MacSat 2 | Kosmos 2078 | Kosmos 2079 · Kosmos 2080 · Kosmos 2081 | Kosmos 2082 | Resurs-F1 No.50 | Kristall | ROSAT | USA-59 · USA-60 · USA-61 · USA-62 | INSAT-1D | Molniya 3 No.47L | Kosmos 2083 | Gorizont No.30L | Kosmos 2084 | Intelsat 604 | Meteor-2 No.23 | Unnamed | Gamma | Badr-1 · Optus-MFS | Resurs-F2 No.5 | Kosmos 2085 | Kosmos 2086 | TDF 2 · DFS Kopernikus 2 | Kosmos 2087 | CRRES | Kosmos 2088 | Soyuz TM-10 | USA-63 | Kosmos 2089 | Kosmos 2090 · Kosmos 2091 · Kosmos 2092 · Kosmos 2093 · Kosmos 2094 · Kosmos 2095 | Ekran-M No.14L | Molniya-1T No.68 | Progress M-4 | Resurs-F1 No.49 | Marco Polo 2 | Kosmos 2096 | Kosmos 2097 | Yuri 3a | Kosmos 2098 | Skynet 4C · Eutelsat II F-1 | Kosmos 2099 | Fengyun I-02 · Qiqiuweixing 1 · Qiqiuweixing 2 | Resurs-F1 No.51 | Kosmos 2100 | Molniya-3 No.54L | Progress M-5 | Meteor-2 No.25 | Kosmos 2101 | USA-64 | Unnamed | FSW-1 No.3 | STS-41 (Ulysses) | SBS 6 · Westar 6S | Kosmos 2102 | Inmarsat-2F1 | Gorizont No.32L | USA-65 | Kosmos 2103 | STS-38 (USA-67 · Prowler) | Kosmos 2104 | Kosmos 2105 | Satcom C1 · GStar 4 | Molniya 1T No.70 | Gorizont No.33L | USA-66 | Kosmos 2106 | USA-68 | STS-35 | Soyuz TM-11 | Kosmos 2107 | Kosmos 2108 | Kosmos 2109 · Kosmos 2110 · Kosmos 2111 | Kosmos 2112 | Gran' No.37L | Kosmos 2113 | Kosmos 2114 · Kosmos 2115 · Kosmos 2116 · Kosmos 2117 · Kosmos 2118 · Kosmos 2119 | Kosmos 2120 | Globus No.12 | |
Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets). |