Soyuz TM-21

Soyuz TM-21

Operator	Rosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID	1995-010A
Mission duration	181 days, 41 minutes, 6 seconds
Orbits completed	~2,940
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7,170 kilograms (15,810 lb)
Crew
Crew size	3 up 2 down
Launching	Vladimir Dezhurov Gennady Strekalov Norman Thagard
Landing	Anatoly Solovyev Nikolai Budarin
Callsign	Урага́н (Uragan - Hurricane)
Start of mission
Launch date	March 14, 1995, 06:11:34 (1995-03-14UTC06:11:34Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U2
End of mission
Landing date	September 11, 1995, 06:52:40 (1995-09-11UTC06:52:41Z) UTC
Landing site	50°40′N 68°15′E / 50.67°N 68.25°E / 50.67; 68.25
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	200 kilometers (120 mi)
Apogee	249.6 kilometers (155.1 mi)
Inclination	51.65 degrees
Period	88.7 minutes
Docking with Mir
From left to right: Norman Thagard, Vladimir Dezhurov, Gennady Strekalov Soyuz programme (Manned missions) ← Soyuz TM-20 Soyuz TM-22 →

Soyuz TM-21 was Soyuz mission, a human spaceflight mission transporting personnel to the Russian space station Mir. Part of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, the mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket, at 06:11:34 UTC on March 14, 1995. It is of note because its launch marked the presence, for the first time ever, of thirteen humans in space simultaneously - three aboard the Soyuz, three aboard Mir and seven aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, flying STS-67.

The spacecraft carried expedition EO-18 to the space station, including the first American astronaut to launch on a Soyuz spacecraft and board Mir, Norman Thagard, for the American Thagard Increment aboard the station, the first Increment of the Shuttle-Mir program. The three crew members it launched were relieved by Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-71, when they were replaced by expedition EO-19. The crew returned to earth aboard Soyuz TM-21 on September 11, 1995.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Vladimir Dezhurov First spaceflight	Anatoly Solovyev Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Gennady Strekalov Fifth spaceflight	Nikolai Budarin First spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut	Norman Thagard Fifth spaceflight	None

Mission parameters

• Mass: 7150 kg
• Perigee: 201 km
• Apogee: 247 km
• Inclination: 51.65°
• Period: 88.7 minutes
• First Mir docking: March 16, 1995, 07:45:26 UTC
• First Mir undocking: July 4, 1995, 10:55 UTC
• Second Mir docking: July 4, 1995, 11:39 UTC
• Second Mir undocking: September 11, 1995, 03:30:44 UTC

References

• "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-21". Spacefacts.de. February 19, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-09. 
• "Soyuz TM-21". Encyclopaedia Astronautica. March 12, 2001. Retrieved 2007-04-09. 

Soyuz human spaceflight programme
Main topics	Soyuz (rocket family) Soyuz (spacecraft) Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 Site 31/6 List of Soyuz missions List of Soviet manned space missions List of Russian manned space missions
Current missions	Soyuz MS-02 MS-03
Future missions	2017 Soyuz MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 2018 Soyuz MS-08 MS-09 MS-10
Past missions (by spacecraft type)	Soyuz 7K-OK (1966–1970) Kosmos 133† Soyuz 7K-OK No.1† Kosmos 140 Soyuz 1† Kosmos 186 188 212 213 238 Soyuz 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Soyuz 7K-L1 (1967–1970) (Zond lunar programme) Kosmos 146 154† Zond 1967A† 1967B† Zond 4 1968A† 1968B† 5 6 1969A† Zond-M 1† M 2† Zond 7 8 9 10 Soyuz 7K-L1E (1969–1970) Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1† Kosmos 382 Soyuz 7K-LOK (1971–1972) Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1† No.2† Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971) Soyuz 10† 11† Soyuz 7K-T (1972–1981) Kosmos 496 573 Soyuz 12 Kosmos 613 Soyuz 13 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 14 15† 17 18a† 18 20 (uncrewed) 21 23† 24 25† 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (uncrewed landing) 33† 34 (uncrewed launch) 35 36 37 38 39 40 Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976) Kosmos 638 672 Soyuz 16 19 (Apollo–Soyuz Test Project) 22 Soyuz 7K-S (1974–1976) Kosmos 670 772† 869† Soyuz-T (1978–1986) Kosmos 1001† 1074 Soyuz T-1 (uncrewed) T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8† T-9 T-10a† T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15 Soyuz-TM (1986–2002) Soyuz TM-1 (uncrewed) TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34 Soyuz-TMA (2002–2012) Soyuz TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22 Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2016) Soyuz TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M Soyuz MS (2016–present) Soyuz MS-01
Uncrewed missions are designated with Kosmos numbers; crewed missions get a Soyuz number. Failed missions are denoted with a † symbol. Cancelled missions are in italics.

Human spaceflights to Mir
Soyuz T-15 Soyuz TM-2 Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz TM-4 Soyuz TM-5 Soyuz TM-6 Soyuz TM-7 Soyuz TM-8 Soyuz TM-9 Soyuz TM-10 Soyuz TM-11 Soyuz TM-12 Soyuz TM-13 Soyuz TM-14 Soyuz TM-15 Soyuz TM-16 Soyuz TM-17 Soyuz TM-18 Soyuz TM-19 Soyuz TM-20 STS-63 Soyuz TM-21 STS-71 Soyuz TM-22 STS-74 Soyuz TM-23 STS-76 Soyuz TM-24 STS-79 STS-81 Soyuz TM-25 STS-84 Soyuz TM-26 STS-86 STS-89 Soyuz TM-27 STS-91 Soyuz TM-28 Soyuz TM-29 Soyuz TM-30

Shuttle-Mir Program
	Main articles	Shuttle-Mir Program Mir Space Shuttle
	Missions	STS-60 STS-63 Soyuz TM-21 STS-71 STS-74 STS-76 STS-79 STS-81 STS-84 STS-86 STS-89 STS-91
	Increments	Thagard Lucid Blaha Linenger Foale Wolf Thomas

Coordinates: 50°40′12″N 68°15′00″E / 50.67000°N 68.25000°E / 50.67000; 68.25000