Soyuz TM-25

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Soyuz TM-25 was the 30th mission and the 23rd long-duration expedition to Mir space station. It was also a part of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program. The mission began on February 10, 1997, 14:09:30 UTC, launching Commander Vasili Tsibliyev, Flight Engineer Aleksandr Lazutkin and Research Cosmonaut Reinhold Ewald into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed an EVA and various scientific experiments in medicine, biotechnology, Earth sciences etc. Station crew was visited by several Progress resupply spacecrafts, STS-84, and welcomed aboard Soyuz TM-26 with the next expedition crew. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on August 14, 1997, 12:17:10 UTC.

Soyuz U

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Configuration:

Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    2
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    51.1 m
  • Diameter
    2.95 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    313.0 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Soyuz U
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Soyuz U
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    6900.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Soyuz TM-25


In-active Human Rated Crew On-board: 3 Crew Capacity: 3
Destination: Mir
Serial Number: Soyuz TM 11F732A51 #74

Soyuz TM-25 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 10 February 1997 14:09 UTC. It transported two members of the Expedition 23 and a German astronaut to Mir. The Expedition 23 crew consisted of Vasili Tsibliyev and Aleksandr Lazutkin. The ESA astronaut was Reinhold Ewald.

Soyuz TM Details

Crew


Vasily Tsibliyev

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( RFSA )

Status: Retired

Date of Birth: Feb. 20, 1954
Age: 71

Aleksandr Lazutkin

Flight Engineer - configurations.Country.None - ( RFSA )

Status: Retired

Date of Birth: Oct. 30, 1957
Age: 67

Reinhold Ewald

Research Cosmonaut - configurations.Country.None - ( ESA )

Status: Retired

Date of Birth: Dec. 18, 1956
Age: 68

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

(RFSA)

Administrator: Yuri Borisov Founded: 1992 Successes: 320 Failures: 11 Pending: 6

Agency Type:

The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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