Soyuz TM-28

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Soyuz TM-28
spacecraft_name = Soyuz TM-28
insignia = soyuztm28.jpg
sign = Альтаи́р (Altair)
crew_members = 3
launch = August 13, 1998
09:43:11 UT
Gagarin's Start
landing = February 28, 1999
02:14:30 UT
coord|50|42|N|67|12|E|
100 km south of Kijma
duration = 198 days, 16 h, 31 min, 19 s
orbits = 3144 |

TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station.

Crew

Launched:
*1 Gennady Padalka (1) - Commander
*2 Sergei Avdeyev (3) - Flight Engineer
*3 Yuri Baturin (1) - Research Cosmonaut

Landed:
*1 Gennady Padalka (1) - Commander
*2 Ivan Bella (1) - Flight Engineer - Slovakia

Mission parameters

*Mass: ? kg
*Perigee: 190 km
*Apogee: 237.7 km
*Inclination: 51.64°
*Period: 88.5 min

Mission Accomplishments

*Docked with Mir
*Baturin is first Russian politician in space
*Padalka and Avdeyev performed an EVA on 15.09.1998 (30 m) into the module Spektr (new cabels connected for solar structures).

Notes

*Padalka and Avdeyev became 26th resident crew of MIR.
*Baturin landed on August 25, 1998 (5:22 UT) with Soyuz TM-27.
*Avdeyev landed on August 28, 1999 (0:41 UT) with Soyuz TM-29.