Soyuz TM-15 was the 15th expedition to the Mir space station.[1] It included spationaut Michel Tognini from France. The Soyuz TM-15 flight set what was then a new Soyuz spacecraft on orbit endurance record.[2]

Crew

Position Launching crew Landing crew
Commander Russia Anatoly Solovyev
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer Russia Sergei Avdeyev
First spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut France Michel Tognini
First spaceflight 		None

Mission highlights

Michel Tognini, passenger aboard Soyuz- TM 15, was the third Frenchman to visit a space station. He conducted ten experiments using 300 kg of equipment delivered by Progress-M flights. Tognini spent 2 weeks in space as part of ongoing space cooperation between Russia and France.

References

  1. ^ The full mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM15.htm
  2. ^ "Soyuz TM-15". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TM-15
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