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Spacecraft "Soyuz-TM8"


BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT
Registration number 1989-071A / 20218
Time and date of launch (UTC) 21h.38m.03s.   September 05, 1989
Launch site Baikonur, LC 1
Launch vehicle Soyuz-U2
Spacecraft mass (kg) 7150
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.6
   - period (minutes) 92.4
   - perigee (km) 390
   - apogee (km) 392
Time and date of landing (UTC) 04h.36m.18s.   February 19, 1990
Place of landing 55 km NE of Arkalyk
Duration 166d.06h.58m.15s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 2593
Summary 8th expedition to the orbital station "Mir" . Change of the crew. Unloading of "Progress M" . Docking with and unloading of cargo spacecraft "Progress M-2" . Docking of module "Kvant-2" .



CREW
Ord.
num.		 Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr
PE-5/MIR		 Viktorenko, Aleksandr Stepanovich Solovyov, Anatoli Yakovlevich Manakov, Gennadi Mikhailovich
2 FE
PE-5/MIR		 Serebrov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Balandin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Strekalov, Gennadi Mikhailovich
Call sign Vityaz' (Knight)


TIMELINE
Date Time (UTC) Spaceship's revo-
lution number		 Station's revo-
lution number		 Explanation
Sep 05, 1989 21:38:03 1 Mir:20375 Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TM8"   (crew: Viktorenko,   Serebrov ).
Sep 07, 1989 22:25:26 33 Mir:20407 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM8"   (crew: Viktorenko,   Serebrov ) to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Progress M" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after docking: Viktorenko,   Serebrov.
Oct 18, 1989 16:53:40 1
Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-34"   (crew: Williams,   McCulley,   Lucid,   Baker,   Chang-Diaz ).
Oct 23, 1989 15:31:45 79
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-34"   (crew: Williams,   McCulley,   Lucid,   Baker,   Chang-Diaz ).
Oct 23, 1989 16:34:01 80
Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-34"   (crew: Williams,   McCulley,   Lucid,   Baker,   Chang-Diaz ).
Nov 23, 1989 00:23:30 1
Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-33"   (crew: Gregory,   Blaha,   Carter,   Musgrave,   Thornton ).
Nov 26, 1989 13:01:41 1 Mir:21648 Lift-off module "Kvant-2"   of orbital station "Mir" .
Nov 27, 1989 23:10:52 78
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-33"   (crew: Gregory,   Blaha,   Carter,   Musgrave,   Thornton ).
Nov 28, 1989 00:31:02 79
Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-33"   (crew: Gregory,   Blaha,   Carter,   Musgrave,   Thornton ).
Dec 01, 1989 09:02:23 1565 Mir:21724 Undocking of "Progress M"   from fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM8" .
Dec 01, 1989 10:32:00 1566 Mir:21725 Deorbit burn of "Progress M" .
Dec 01, 1989 11:21 1566 Mir:21725 End of existence of "Progress M" .
Dec 06, 1989 12:21:28 158 Mir:21804 Docking of module "Kvant-2"   to fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station "Mir" .
Dec 08, 1989 07:19:07 186 Mir:21832 Beginning of redocking of module "Kvant-2"   from longitudinal fore unit of station "Mir"   to radial one.
Dec 08, 1989 08:19:04 186 Mir:21832 Redocking of module "Kvant-2"   to radial fore (transitional) unit (+Y) of station "Mir" .
Dec 12, 1989 08:22:30 1521 Mir:21895 Undocking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM8"   (crew: Viktorenko,   Serebrov ) from module "Kvant"   of station "Mir" .

There is nobody at the station "Mir" .
Dec 12, 1989 08:42:32 1521 Mir:21895 Docking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM8"   (crew: Viktorenko,   Serebrov ) to fore (transitional) unit of station "Mir" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after docking: Viktorenko,   Serebrov.
Dec 20, 1989 03:30:50 1 Mir:22016 Lift-off cargo "Progress M-2" .
Dec 22, 1989 05:41:21 34 Mir:22049 Docking of "Progress M-2"   to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM8" .
Jan 08, 1990 20:23
Mir:22324 Beginning of the 1st [of 5] PE-5 EVA ( Viktorenko,   Serebrov ); station "Mir" .
Jan 08, 1990 23:19
Mir:22325 Ending of EVA ( Viktorenko,   Serebrov ), duration 2:56; station "Mir" .
Jan 09, 1990 12:35:00 1
Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-32"   (crew: Brandenstein,   Wetherbee,   Dunbar,   Low,   Ivins ).
Jan 11, 1990 18:01
Mir:22369 Beginning of the 2nd [of 5] PE-5 EVA ( Viktorenko,   Serebrov ); removing of docking cone from hatch +Y to -Y; station "Mir" .
Jan 11, 1990 20:55
Mir:22371 Ending of EVA ( Viktorenko,   Serebrov ), duration 2:54; station "Mir" .
Jan 20, 1990 08:30:22 172
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-32"   (crew: Brandenstein,   Wetherbee,   Dunbar,   Low,   Ivins ).
Jan 20, 1990 09:36:39 173
Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-32"   (crew: Brandenstein,   Wetherbee,   Dunbar,   Low,   Ivins ).
Jan 26, 1990 12:09
Mir:22599 Beginning of the 3rd [of 5] PE-5 EVA ( Viktorenko,   Serebrov ); station "Mir" .
Jan 26, 1990 15:11
Mir:22601 Ending of EVA ( Viktorenko,   Serebrov ), duration 3:02; station "Mir" .
Feb 01, 1990 08:15
Mir:22690 Beginning of the 4th [of 5] PE-5 EVA ( Viktorenko,   Serebrov ); station "Mir" .
Feb 01, 1990 13:14
Mir:22693 Ending of EVA ( Viktorenko,   Serebrov ), duration 4:59; station "Mir" .
Feb 05, 1990 06:08
Mir:22751 Beginning of the 5th [of 5] PE-5 EVA ( Viktorenko,   Serebrov ); station "Mir" .
Feb 05, 1990 09:53
Mir:22753 Ending of EVA ( Viktorenko,   Serebrov ), duration 3:45; station "Mir" .
Feb 09, 1990 02:33:07 796 Mir:22811 Undocking of "Progress M-2"   from module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM8" .
Feb 09, 1990 07:07:00 799 Mir:22814 Deorbit burn of "Progress M-2" .
Feb 09, 1990 07:56 799 Mir:22814 End of existence of "Progress M-2" .
Feb 11, 1990 06:16:00 1 Mir:22844 Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TM9"   (crew: Solovyov,   Balandin ).
Feb 13, 1990 06:37:47 33 Mir:22876 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM9"   (crew: Solovyov,   Balandin ) to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM8" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after docking: Viktorenko,   Serebrov,   Solovyov,   Balandin.
Feb 19, 1990 01:06:20 2591 Mir:22966 Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM8"   (crew: Viktorenko,   Serebrov ) from fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM9" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after undocking: Solovyov,   Balandin.
Feb 19, 1990 03:40:53 2593 Mir:22967 Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM8"   (crew: Viktorenko,   Serebrov ).
Feb 19, 1990 04:36:18 2594 Mir:22968 Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM8"   (crew: Viktorenko,   Serebrov ).

Sources:
  Mission Control Center (TsUP) from 2007
  CBS News
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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