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Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1989, 12:04 a.m.
Tsiklon-2 | US-P 31
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 27, 1989, 4:20 p.m.
Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 76
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 27, 1989, 2:38 p.m.
Atlas G Centaur | FLTSATCOM F8
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 25, 1989, 8:56 a.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-8 87
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 22, 1989, 8 a.m.
Soyuz U | Bion 9
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 15, 1989, 6:30 a.m.
Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 43 to 48
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 14, 1989, 9:49 a.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs-F 5
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 6, 1989, 10:49 a.m.
Titan II SLV | P-11 5104
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 6, 1989, 1:48 a.m.
Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-8
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 5, 1989, 9:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TM-8 was the eighth mission and the fifth long-duration expedition to Mir space station. The mission began on September 5, 1989, 21:38:03 UTC, launching Commander Alexander Viktorenko and Flight Engineer Aleksandr Serebrov into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed five EVAs, various station maintenance tasks, and carried out scientific experiments in medicine, geophysics, space technology, earth observation, astronomy etc. The crew returned after 166 days in orbit, landing safely back on Earth on February 19, 1990, 04:36:18 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
