Soyuz TM-16 was the sixteenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.[1]
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Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 1993-005A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 22319![]() |
Mission duration | 179 days, 43 minutes, 45 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~2,790 |
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 Alexander Poleshchuk |
Landing | Jean-Pierre Haigneré |
Callsign | Вулка́н (Vulkan - Volcano) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 24 January 1993, 05:58:05 (1993-01-24UTC05:58:05Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 22 July 1993, 06:41:50 (1993-07-22UTC06:41:51Z) UTC |
Landing site | 140 kilometres (87 mi) S of Dzhezkazgan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 393 kilometres (244 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 394 kilometres (245 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking date | 26 January 1993, 07:31:17 UTC |
Undocking date | 22 July 1993, 3:00:30 UTC |
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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.
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | ![]() Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | None | ![]() First spaceflight |
16th expedition to Mir.
First Soyuz without a probe and drogue docking system since 1976. It carried an APAS-89 androgynous docking unit different from the APAS-75 unit used for ASTP in 1975, yet similar in general principles. Soyuz-TM 16 used it to dock with an androgynous docking port on the Kristall module. This was a test of the docking system in preparation for dockings by the Space Shuttles with Mir.
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Kosmos 2230 | Molniya 1-85 | STS-54 (TDRS-6) | Kosmos 2231 | Soyuz TM-16 | Kosmos 2232 | USA-88 | Kosmos 2233 | SCD-1 · Orbcomm CDS-1 | Kosmos 2234 · Kosmos 2235 · Kosmos 2236 | Asuka | Progress M-16 | Gran' No.42L | EKA-1 | UFO F-1 | Kosmos 2237 | USA-90 · SEDS-1 | Kosmos 2238 | Progress M-17 | Kosmos 2239 | Kosmos 2240 | Kosmos 2241 | STS-56 (SPARTAN 201) | Kosmos 2242 | Molniya-3 No.57 | ALEXIS · Orbcomm CDS-2 | STS-55 | Kosmos 2243 | Kosmos 2244 | Kosmos 2245 · Kosmos 2246 · Kosmos 2247 · Kosmos 2248 · Kosmos 2249 · Kosmos 2250 | Astra 1C · Arsene | USA-91 | Resurs-F2 No.9 | Progress M-18 | Molniya-1T No.81 | Gorizont No.39L | Kosmos 2251 | STS-57 | Kosmos 2252 · Kosmos 2253 · Kosmos 2254 · Kosmos 2255 · Kosmos 2256 · Kosmos 2257 | Galaxy 4 | Resurs-F1 No.57 | Radcal | USA-92 · PMG | Soyuz TM-17 | Kosmos 2258 | Kosmos 2259 | USA-93 | Kosmos 2260 | Hispasat 1B · INSAT-2B | Unnamed · Unnamed · Unnamed · SLDCOM-3 | Molniya-3 No.58 | NOAA-13 | Kosmos 2261 | Progress M-19 | Resurs-F1 No.56 | USA-94 | Meteor-2 No.24 · Temisat | USA-95 | Kosmos 2262 | STS-51 (ACTS · ORFEUS-SPAS) | Kosmos 2263 | Kosmos 2264 | IRS-P1 | SPOT-3 · Stella · KITSAT-2 · Itamsat · Eyesat-1 · PoSAT-1 · Healthsat-2 | Gran' 41L | Landsat 6 | FSW-15 | Progress M-20 | STS-58 | Intelsat 701 | Kosmos 2265 | USA-96 | Gorizont No.40L | Kosmos 2266 | Kosmos 2267 | Gorizont No.41L | Solidaridad 2 · Meteosat 6 | USA-97 | STS-61 | USA-98 | Telstar 401 | DirecTV-1 · Thaicom 1 | Molniya 1-87 | |
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