Wednesday, March 15, 1995

Soyuz TM-8

 1989-071A


The Soviet Union resumed flights to the Mir station in Sep 1989, with the launch of 7K-STM 11F732 No. 58 as Soyuz TM-8. At 4 meters from docking problems with the automatic system forced the crew to back off to 20m and complete the docking manually.


Soyuz TM-8, Flight 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1989 Sep 5  2138  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 2140  Blok-BVGD sep, T+1:58 
 2142  Blok-A sep, T+4:48 
 2146  Blok-I cutoff 
 2147  Blok-I sep 
1989 Sep 7  2215Manual final approach 
 2225:26  Docked with 37KE +X 
 2355 Hatch open, crew entry 
1989 Sep 12    92.30 380 x 393 x 51.62 


Soyuz TM-8, Flight 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1989 Dec 12  0745Hatch closed 
 0833 Undocked from 37KE +X  
 0853  Docked Mir -X  

On the return to Earth, the astronauts brought along Payload Systems' crystal growth experiment.


Soyuz TM-8, Flight 3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 Feb 11    92.46 381 x 407 x 51.6 
1990 Feb 19 0106  Undocked from Mir -X  
 0329? Deorbit 
 0332? DO CO 
 0357  BO sep 
 0410  PAO sep 
 0415 Entry 
 0436  Landed 

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