Soyuz TM-12

 1991-034A

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The first British astronaut was Helen Sharman, selected by the commercial Project Juno for the Soviet-British Soyuz TM-12 flight, which used 7K-STM 11F732 No. 62. The Soviet crew were Anatoliy Artsebarsky and Sergey Krikalyov. The Kurs system on Kvant was malfunctioning, so the docking was done under manual control.

Soyuz TM-12, Flight 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 May 18	1250:28	Launch by Soyuz-U2	KB
	1252	Blok BVGD
	1259:18	Blok-I cutoff, 530s
	1430		88.49 191 x 208 x 51.6
	1700		88.57 196 x 211 x 51.6
		Rev 4 TCM
		Rev 5 TCM
	1900		90.28 259 x 317 x 51.6
1991 May 19			90.28 258 x 316 x 51.6
		Rev 17 TCM
		Rev 18 TCM
1991 May 20	0500		90.29 261 x 315 x 51.6
		Rev 32 TCM
		Rev 33 TCM
		Rev 34 loop around Mir
		Stationkeeping -X
	1430:47	Docked with Mir -X
1991 May 21	1845		91.93 365 x 372 x 51.6

Soyuz TM-12, Flight 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 May 28	1015	Undocked from -X
	1052	Docked at 37KE +X

Soyuz TM-12, Flight 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 Oct 9	2200	Hatch closed
1991 Oct 10	0055:08	Undocked +X
	0316:14	Deorbit 259s, at range 10 km, alt 416 km
	0320:33	Cutoff, alt 409 km
	0344:58	Sep from BA, PAO, alt 140 km
	0348	Entry
	0357	OSP (Main Descent Parachute), 10.7 km
	0412:18	Landed