| Insignia | Soyuz TM-18 patch.png |
|---|---|
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
| Cospar id | 1994-001A |
| Satcat | 22957 |
| Mission duration | 182 days, 27 minutes, 1 second |
| Orbits completed | ~2,910 |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 67 |
| Soyuz-TM | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 67 |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
| Launch date | UTC |
| Launch rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| Landing date | UTC |
| Landing site | 110 kilometres (68 mi) north of Arkalyk |
| Crew members | Viktor Afanasyev Yury Usachov |
| Crew launching | Valeri Polyakov |
| Crew callsign | Дербе́нт (Derbent) |
| Orbit epoch | 7 February 1994390 kilometres (240 mi)[1] |
| Orbit reference | Geocentric |
| Orbit regime | Low Earth |
| Orbit periapsis | 384 kilometres (239 mi) |
| Orbit apoapsis | 390 kilometres (240 mi) |
| Orbit inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Orbit period | 92.29 minutes |
| Apsis | gee |
| Previous mission | Soyuz TM-17 |
| Next mission | Soyuz TM-19 |
| Programme | Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
| Docking target | Mir |
|---|---|
| dock | 10 January 1994, 11:50:20 UTC |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft |
| Undocking date | 9 July 1994, 07:12:59 UTC |
Soyuz TM-18 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome and landed 112 km north of Arkalyk. TM-18 was a two-day solo flight that docked with the Mir space station on January 10, 1994. The three cosmonauts became the 15th resident crew on board Mir. The crew did research work in space flight medicine, primarily by cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov during his long-term flight, and accomplished 25 different experiments.
Mission highlights
18th expedition to Mir.
Afanasyev and Usachev spent 179 days on Mir. Dr. Polyakov was slated to return to Earth on Soyuz-TM 20 in March 1995, after more than 420 days on Mir.
See also
References
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.