| Insignia | Soyuz TM-29 logo SVG.svg |
|---|---|
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
| Cospar id | 1999-007A[1] |
| Satcat | 25632[1] |
| Mission duration | 188 days, 20 hours, 16 minutes, 19 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~3,070 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
| Launch date | UTC |
| Launch rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Landing date | UTC |
| Landing site | 70 kilometres (43 mi) NE of Arkalyk |
| Crew members | Viktor Afanasyev Jean-Pierre Haigneré |
| Crew launching | Ivan Bella |
| Crew landing | Sergei Avdeyev |
| Crew callsign | Дербе́нт (Derbent) |
| Orbit reference | Geocentric |
| Orbit regime | Low Earth |
| Orbit periapsis | 188 kilometres (117 mi) |
| Orbit apoapsis | 273 kilometres (170 mi) |
| Orbit inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Orbit period | 88.6 minutes |
| Apsis | gee |
| Previous mission | Soyuz TM-28 |
| Next mission | Soyuz TM-30 |
| Programme | Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-29 was a Russian Soyuz spaceflight launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz 11A511U rocket. It docked with Mir on February 22, 1999 at 05:36 GMT with cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev of Russia, Jean-Pierre Haigneré of France, and Ivan Bella of Slovakia aboard. Since two crew seats had been sold (to Slovakia and France), Afanasyev was the only Russian cosmonaut aboard. This meant that Russian engineer Avdeyev already aboard Mir would have to accept a double-length assignment. After the February 27 departure of EO-26 crew commander Padalka and cosmonaut Bella aboard Soyuz TM-28, the new EO-27 Mir crew consisted of Afanasyev as Commander, Avdeyev as Engineer and French cosmonaut Haigneré.
Mission highlights
38th expedition to Mir.
References
- ^ "SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 544". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. Retrieved December 5, 2019.