Soyuz TM-27

Soyuz TM-27
Operator Rosaviakosmos
Mission duration 207 days, 12 hours, 51 minutes, 2 seconds
Orbits completed 3,284
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Launch mass 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size 3
Members Talgat Musabayev
Nikolai Budarin
Launching Léopold Eyharts
Landing Yuri Baturin
Callsign Криста́лл (Kristall)
Start of mission
Launch date January 29, 1998, 16:33:42 (1998-01-29UTC16:33:42Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-U
End of mission
Landing date August 25, 1998, 05:24:44 (1998-08-25UTC05:24:45Z) UTC
Landing site 47°58′10″N 69°37′50″E / 47.96944°N 69.63056°E / 47.96944; 69.63056
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 382 kilometres (237 mi)
Apogee 390 kilometres (240 mi)
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir


Soyuz programme
(Manned missions)
 Soyuz TM-26 Soyuz TM-28

Soyuz TM-27 is a Russian spacecraft that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to the Mir, the Russian space station. It was the 33rd expedition to Mir. It was launched by a Soyuz-U 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

Position Launching crew Landing crew
Commander Kazakhstan Talgat Musabayev
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer Russia Nikolai Budarin
Second spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut France Léopold Eyharts
First spaceflight
Russia Yuri Baturin
First spaceflight

Mission accomplishments

EVA schedule

Mission notes

Both cosmonauts and astronaut Andy Thomas (arrived on STS-89) became the 25th resident crew. Eyharts landed on 19.02.1998 with Soyuz TM-26-spacecraft. Included astronaut from France.

Coordinates: 47°57′07″N 69°37′50″E / 47.95194°N 69.63056°E / 47.95194; 69.63056

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