Soyuz TM-26

Soyuz TM-26

Operator	Rosaviakosmos
Mission duration	197 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes, 36 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,220
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size	2 up 3 down
Members	Anatoly Solovyev Pavel Vinogradov
Landing	Léopold Eyharts
Callsign	Родни́к (Rodnik - Spring)
Start of mission
Launch date	August 5, 1997, 15:35:54 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
End of mission
Landing date	February 19, 1998, 09:10:30 UTC
Landing site	50°11′N 67°30′E / 50.18°N 67.50°E
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	193 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee	249 kilometres (155 mi)
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Soyuz programme (Manned missions) ← Soyuz TM-25 Soyuz TM-27 →

Damaged solar array of the Spektr module after Progress M-34 freighter colliding with the Mir space station on June 25, 1997

Soyuz TM-26 is a Russian spacecraft that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to the Mir, the Russian space station.^[1] It was the 32nd expedition to Mir. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on August 5, 1997. The main mission was to transport two specially-trained cosmonauts to repair or salvage the troubled space station.

TM-26 docked with Mir on August 7 by manual control. The crew repaired the power cable and harness/connectors in the severely damaged Spektr module and restored much of the lost power; they also repaired and replaced the oxygen generators in Mir. The hole(s) in that module that caused total depressurization of the module could not be located during their spacewalk inside that module.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Anatoly Solovyev Fifth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Pavel Vinogradov First spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut	None	Léopold Eyharts First spaceflight

References

1. The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-26.htm

Coordinates: 50°11′N 67°30′E / 50.183°N 67.500°E