Soyuz TM-27

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Soyuz TM-27
spacecraft_name = Soyuz TM-27
sign = Криста́лл (Kristall)
crew_members = 3
launch = January 29, 1998
16:33:42 UT
Gagarin's Start
landing = August 25, 1998
05:24:44 UT
47° 57' 7" N, 39° 37' 50" E
Near Dzhezkazgan
duration = 207 days, 12 h, 51 min, 2 s
orbits = 3284 |

Crew

Launched:
*1 Talgat Musabayev (2) - Commander
*2 Nikolai Budarin (2) - Flight Engineer
*3 Léopold Eyharts (1) - Research Cosmonaut - France

Landed:
*1 Talgat Musabayev (2) - Commander
*2 Nikolai Budarin (2) - Flight Engineer
*3 Yuri Baturin (1) - Research Cosmonaut

(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.

Mission parameters

*Mass: 7150 kg
*Perigee: 382 km
*Apogee: 390 km
*Inclination: 51.6°
*Period: 92.1 min

Mission accomplishments

*Docked with Mir
*Exchange part of crew
*Carried out French mission PEGASE
*Conducted routine science experiments

EVA schedule

*03.03.1998 aborted due to faulty hatch
*01.04.1998 (6h 40m)
*06.04.1998 (4h 23m)
*11.04.1998 (6h 25m)
*17.04.1998 (6h 32m)
*22.04.1998 (6h 21m)
*Over the course of these 5 walks, the cosmonauts repaired the Spektr solar panel and installed a new VDU station orientation system.

Mission notes

Both cosmonauts and astronaut Andy Thomas (arrived on STS-89) became the 25th resident crew. Eyharts landed on 19.02.1998 with Soyuz TM-26-spacecraft. Included astronaut from France.