Soyuz TM-22

Soyuz TM-22

Operator	Rosaviakosmos
Mission duration	179 days, 1 hour, 41 minutes, 45 seconds
Orbits completed	~2,800
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Yuri Gidzenko Sergei Avdeyev Thomas Reiter
Callsign	Ура́н (Uran)
Start of mission
Launch date	September 3, 1995, 09:00:23 (1995-09-03UTC09:00:23Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U2
End of mission
Landing date	February 29, 1996, 10:42:08 (1996-02-29UTC10:42:09Z) UTC
Landing site
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	339 kilometres (211 mi)
Apogee	340 kilometres (210 mi)
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Soyuz programme (Manned missions) ← Soyuz TM-21 Soyuz TM-23 →

Soyuz TM-22 was the 23rd manned spacecraft mission to visit the Soviet Space Station Mir.

Crew

Position	Crew
Commander	Yuri Gidzenko First spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Sergei Avdeyev Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Thomas Reiter First spaceflight

Mission highlights

Soyuz TM-22 was a Russian transport spacecraft that transported cosmonauts to the Mir space station for a 135-day stay. It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and docked on September 5, 1995 with Mir's Kvant-2 module at the port that was vacated by Progress M-28 a day before.