Soyuz TM-9

USSR

Manned Flight nº: 131

Earth orbit Flight nº: 128

USSR Flight nº: 69

Launch & orbit data:

Designation	20494 / 90014A
Launch date - time	11 Feb 1990 - 06:16:00 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1
Launch vehicle	Soyuz 11A511U2
OKB name - S/N°	Soyuz 7K-STM (11F732) s/n° 60
Mass (kg)	7.150
Flight Crew (EO-6)	Solovyov, Anatoly (CDR) Balandin, Aleksandr (FE)
Call Sign	Rodnik (Spring - water spring)
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	373 x 387 km
- Inclination	51.6°
- Period	92.2 min

Docking & landing data:

Docking date - time	13 Feb 1990 - 06:37:47 UT
Target spacecraft/port	Kvant/
Undocking date - time	28 May 1990
Redocking date - time	28 May 1990
Target spacecraft/port	Mir/fore
Undocking date - time	09 Aug 1990 - 04:08:49 UT
Deorbit date - time	09 Aug 1990 - 06:39:54 UT
Landing date - time	09 Aug 1990 - 07:33:57 UT
Landing location	67°17'N, 50°51'E 70 km from Arkalyk
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	179:01:18
Nbr orbits	2833

Crew

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration
1	Soloviyov	Anatoli Yakovlevich	Commander	179d 01h 18m
2	Balandin	Aleksandr Nikolayevich	Flight engineer	179d 01h 18m

Flight crew

Backup Crew

Nr.	Name	Job
1	Manakov, Gennadi M.	Commander
2	Strekalov, Gennadi M.	Flight engineer

2nd Backup: Afanasyev V. M., Sevastyanov, V.I. & Stankjavikus, R.A.

Mir EVA - Get a Grip - Credit: RKK Energia.

Manned two crew. Mir Expedition EO-06. Docked with Mir. Transported to the Mir orbital station a crew comprising the cosmonauts A Y Solovyov and A N Balandin to conduct an extensive programme of geophysical and astrophysical research, experiments on biology and biotechnology and work on space materials science. Recovered August 9, 1990 07:35 GMT.

Soyuz TM-9 - Loose thermal blankets on Soyuz TM-9. - Credit: RKK Energia.

Soyuz TM-9 - Baladin and Solvyov aboard Mir. - Credit: RKK Energia.

Mission details:

Soloviyov and Balandin were launched in Soyuz TM-9 on Feb 11, 1990 and docked on Soyuz TM-8-MIR-Quant-Quant2 complex Port 2 on Feb 13.
Soloviyov and Balandin in Soyuz TM-9 made a 24-min flight from the front port to the rear port on May 28, leaving the front port open for Kristall.
Sixth resident crew take turning the fifth resident crew; supplies with several cargo spaceships of type Progress; module Kristall docked on the station at 10.06.1990; EVA at 17.07.1990 (7h 16m) in which spacecraft Soyuz TM-9 was repaired; problems because of damage of Quant2-module hatch; another EVA at 26.07.1990 (3h 31m) to repair the hatch (failed).
Solov′yov and Balandin landed successfully 72 km northeast of Arkalyk in Soyuz TM-9 on Aug 09, 1990.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur, singed by the crew.

Cosmic Mail: with five-site Mir boardcancel, octagonal boardcancel 130290 and special helicopter MH-8 cancel, registration cancel Arkalyk and signed by the crew.

Ref.: #1, #7(JR032,041), #8, #10, #16, #210 - update: 05.10.18

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