Soyuz T-10

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Soyuz T-10
sign = Mayak (Beacon)
crew_members = 3
launch = February 8, 1984
12:07:26 UTC
Baikonur LC31
landing = April 11, 1984
10:48:48 UTC
160 km E of Dzhezkazgan
(145 km SE of Dzhezkazgan?)
duration = 62d/22:41:22
orbits = 3748
next = Soyuz T-11
previous = Soyuz T-10-1 |

Crew

Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.Launched:
*Leonid Kizim (2) - Commander
*Vladimir Solovyov (1) - Flight Engineer
*Oleg Atkov (1) - Research Cosmonaut

Landed:
*Yuri Malyshev (2) - Commander
*Gennady Strekalov (3) - Flight Engineer
*Rakesh Sharma (India) (1) - Research Cosmonaut

Backup crew

*Vladimir Vasyutin - Commander
*Viktor Savinykh - Flight Engineer
*Valeri Polyakov - Research Cosmonaut

Mission parameters

*Mass: 6850 kg
*Perigee: 199 km
*Apogee: 219 km
*Inclination: 51.6°
*Period: 88.7 minutes

Mission highlights

Fifth expedition to Salyut 7. Visited by 6th and 7th expeditions.

The three-person Mayak crew entered the darkened Salyut 7 station carrying flashlights. The cosmonauts commented on the burnt-metal odor of the drogue docking unit. By February 17, Salyut 7 was fully reactivated, and the cosmonauts had settled into a routine. Physician Oleg Atkov did household chores and monitored his own health and that of his colleagues, who conducted experiments.

During the previous year a fuel line on the station had ruptured. Kizim and Solovyov carried out three EVAs to try to fix the problem during the mission.

Trivia

A drawing of the docking of Soyuz T-10 was used as a background for the Spectrum Holobyte version of Tetris.