Soyuz TM-29

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Soyuz TM-29
spacecraft_name =
sign = Дербе́нт (Derbent)
crew_members = 3
launch = February 20, 1999
04:18:01 UTC
Gagarin's Start
landing = August 28, 1999
00:34:20 UTC
70 km NE of Arkalyk
duration = 188 days 20 hours 16 minutes 19 seconds
orbits = ~3,070 |

Crew

Launched:
*Viktor Afanasyev (3)
*Jean-Pierre Haigneré (2) - France
*Ivan Bella (1) - Slovakia

Landed:
*Viktor Afanasyev (3)
*Sergei Avdeyev (3)
*Jean-Pierre Haigneré (2)

Mission parameters

*Mass: 7150 kg
*Perigee: 188 km
*Apogee: 273 km
*Inclination: 51.6°
*Period: 88.6 minutes

Mission highlights

38th expedition to Mir.

Soyuz TM-29 was a Russian manned spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz 11A511U rocket. It docked with Mir on February 22 at 05:36 GMT with Cosmonauts Afanasyev, Haigneré, and Bella aboard. Since two crew seats had been sold (to Slovakia and France), Afanasyev was the only Russian cosmonaut aboard. This meant that Russian engineer Avdeyev (already aboard Mir) would have to accept a double-length assignment. After the February 27th departure of EO-26 crew commander Padalka and Slovak cosmonaut Bella aboard Soyuz TM-28, the new EO-27 Mir crew consisted of Afanasyev as Commander, Avdeyev as Engineer and French cosmonaut Haigneré.