Soyuz TM-10

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Soyuz TM-10
spacecraft_name =
shuttle =
insignia =
sign = Вулка́н (Vulkan - Volcano)
crew_members = 2 launched / 3 landed
launch_pad =
launch = August 1, 1990 09:32:21 UTC
Gagarin's Start
begin_spacewalk =
end_spacewalk =
landing = December 10, 1990 06:08:12 UTC
69 km NW of Arkalyk
duration = 130 days 20 hours 35 minutes 51 seconds
orbits = ~2,125
apogee = 219 km
perigee = 198 km
period = 88.7 minutes
altitude =
inclination = 51.6°
distance =
mass = 7150 kg |
crew_photo =
crew_caption =
previous = Soyuz TM-9
next = Soyuz TM-11 |

Soyuz TM-10 was the tenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.

Crew

Launched:
*Gennadi Manakov (1) - Russian
*Gennady Strekalov (4) - Russian

Landed:
*Gennadi Manakov (1) - Russian
*Gennady Strekalov (4) - Russian
*Toyohiro Akiyama (1), Reporter-Japan

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

Mission highlights

TM-10 marked the return to earth of Japanese reporter Toyohiro Akiyama.

The Soyuz arrived at Mir's aft port with four passengers: quail for cages in Kvant-2. A quail had laid an egg en route to the station. It was returned to Earth, along with 130 kg of experiment results and industrial products, in Soyuz TM-9. The spacecraft landed without incident.

It spent 131 days attached to Mir. A camera was installed in the descent module as part of the agreement with Akiyama’s network to film the reactions of the returning cosmonauts.