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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 43
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 7, 1987, 10:30 a.m.
Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-2
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 5, 1987, 9:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TM-2 was the first crewed flight of the new Soyuz TM spacecraft and the second long-duration mission to Mir space station. The mission began on February 5, 1987, 21:38:16 UTC, launching Commander Yuri Romanenko and Flight Engineer Aleksandr Laveykin into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, new module was docked to the station. Crew was visited by several Progress resupply missions and by a crewed Soyuz TM-3 mission. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on December 29, 1987, 09:16:00 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
Mu-3S-II | Ginga
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | JapanUchinoura Space Center, Japan
Feb. 5, 1987, 6:30 a.m.
Tsiklon-2 | Plasma-A 1
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 1, 1987, 11:30 p.m.
Proton | Ekran-M 11L
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 30, 1987, 9:19 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 15
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 29, 1987, 6:14 a.m.
Molniya-M | Molniya-3 42L
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 22, 1987, 4:06 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 23
Russian Space Forces | RussiaKapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Jan. 22, 1987, 7 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 41
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 21, 1987, 9:10 a.m.
Soyuz-U2 | Progress 27
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 16, 1987, 6:06 a.m.
