Soyuz_TM-25

Soyuz TM-25

Soyuz TM-25

1997 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir

Soyuz TM-25 was a crewed Soyuz spaceflight, which launched on February 10, 1997.[1] It transported Russian cosmonauts Vasily Tsibliyev, Aleksandr Lazutkin, and German cosmonaut Reinhold Ewald to Mir.

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Mission highlights

This was the 30th expedition to Mir. An ESA astronaut from Germany was included on the mission.

Soyuz TM-25 is a Russian spacecraft that was launched to carry astronauts and supplies to Mir station. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baykonur cosmodrome at 14:09 UT to ferry three cosmonauts for a 162-day stay at the station; it docked with the station at 15:51 UT on 12 February 97. Within meters of automatic approach to the station, a slight misalignment was noted, and the commander of the module had to dock it by manual steering.

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    The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-25.htm
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