Soyuz TM-8

USSR

Manned Flight nº: 127

Earth orbit Flight nº: 124

USSR Flight nº: 68

Launch & orbit data:

Designation	20218 / 89071A
Launch date - time	05 Sep 1989 - 21:38:03 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1
Launch vehicle	Soyuz 11A511U2
OKB name - S/N°	Soyuz 7K-STM (11F732) s/n° 58.
Mass (kg)	7.150
Flight Crew (EO-5)	Viktorenko, Aleksandr (CDR) Serebrov, Aleksandr (FE)
Call Sign	Vityaz (Knight )
Backup crew	Solovyov, Balandin
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	390 x 392 km
- Inclination	51.6°
- Period	92.4 min

Docking & landing data:

Docking date - time	7 Sep 1989 - 22:25:26 UT
Target spacecraft/port	Kvant/
Undocking date - time
Docking date - time	UT
Target spacecraft/port	Mir/fore
Undocking date - time	12 Dec 1989
Redocking date - time	12 Dec 1989
Target spacecraft/port	Mir/?
Undocking date - time	19 Feb 1990 - 01:06:20 UT
Deorbit burn date - time	19 Feb 1990 - 03:40:53 UT
Landing date - time	19 Feb 1990 - 04:36:18 UT
Landing location	72 km NE of Arkalyk
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	166:06:58
Nbr orbits	2631

Crew

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration	Orbits
1	Viktorenko	Aleksandr Stepanovich	Commander	166d 06h 58m	2631
2	Serebrov	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich	Flight engineer	166d 06h 58m	2631

Flight crew

Crew & backup crew (left to right): A. Serebrov, A. Viktorenko, A. Solovyev and A. Baladin in their Sokols suits.

Backup Crew

Nr.	Name	Job
1	Solovyev, Anatoli Y.	Commander
2	Balandin, Aleksandr N.	Flight engineer

2nd Backup crew: Manakov G. & Strekalov G.

Soyuz TM-8 - Test of SPK Manned Maneuvering Unit - Credit: RKK Energia.

Transported to the Mir orbital station a team consisting of A S Viktorenko, commander of the spacecraft, and A A Serebrov, on-board engineer, to carry out scientific and technological research and experiments. Flight cost 80 million rubles. Expected return 25 million rubles net profit.

Mission details

Mir Expedition EO-05.
Soyuz TM-8 was launched from Baikonur on Sep 5, 1989 and docked with the Mir orbital station on Sep 7. The crew are Aleksandr Viktorenko (Kdr) and Aleksandr Serebrov (BI, or flight engineer).
Viktorenko and Serebrov moved Soyuz TM-8 from Port 2 to Port 1 on Dec 12, 1989.
Viktorenko and Serebrov handed over command of the complex and prepared to return to Soyuz TM-8. TM-8 undocked from Port 1 and landed in the Arkalyk recovery zone on Feb 19, 1990.

Astrophilately covers:

New launch cancel Baikonur, send registrated.

Cosmic Mail: with five-site Mir boardcancel, signed by crew Viktorenko and Serebrov.

Ref.: #1, #7(JR024,032), #8, #10, #16, #210 - update: 23.08.18

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