Avdeyev

Gidzenko

Reiter

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3 September 1995 09:00 GMT. Landing Date: 1996-02-29 10:42:00 PM. Flight Time: 179.07 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz TM-22. Other Name: Mir Euromir 95. Flight Up: Soyuz TM-22. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-22. Call Sign: Uran (Uranus ). Crew: Avdeyev, Gidzenko, Reiter. Backup Crew: Manakov, Vinogradov, Fuglesang. Program: Mir. Mir Expedition EO-20. Crew commander was Yuriy Pavlovich Gidzenko of the Russian Air Force. Flight engineer was Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeev of RKK Energiya, and cosmonaut-researcher was Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency. Soyuz TM-22 docked with Mir's front (-X) port at 10:29:54 GMT on September 5 and the hatch was opened at 11:01:23. On February 29 the crew undocked from Mir in Soyuz TM-22, and at 10:42 GMT they landed in Kazakhstan.

• 1995 Sep 3 - Soyuz TM-22  Crew: Avdeyev, Gidzenko, Reiter. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Payload: Soyuz TM 11F732 s/n 71. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Duration: 179.07 days. Perigee: 391 km (242 mi). Apogee: 398 km (247 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 92.50 min.

  Mir Expedition EO-20. Crew commander was Yuriy Pavlovich Gidzenko of the Russian Air Force. Flight engineer was Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeev of RKK Energiya, and cosmonaut-researcher was Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency. Soyuz TM-22 docked with Mir's front (-X) port at 10:29:54 GMT on September 5 and the hatch was opened at 11:01:23.

• 1995 Sep 4 - Mir News 270: Soyuz-TM22 launched from Baykonur. 

  Mir EO-20 Credit- www.spacefacts.de

  This ship with on board the crew for the 20d Main Expedition to Mir and the Euromir'95 cosmonaut Thomas Reiter started flawlessly from Baykonur on 3.09.1995 at 0900 UTC (for the connoisseurs: 09.00.23.115). The Russians are the captain Yuriy Pavlovich Gidzenko, making his first spaceflight, Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeyev, making his 2d flight. The crew uses the call 'Uran', so for Gidzenko, Avdeyev and Reiter, respectively Uran-1, -2 and -3. The 1st day of the 2 days autonomous flight to Mir passed without any problems. Already during the 3d orbit at 120240 UTC Soyuz-TM22 came within our range. Gidzenko reported the successful check of the manual orientation control system. All went well. During the pass at 1332 UTC Gidzenko, sounding very fit, reported that the first 2 orbit corrections had been performed well. All systems worked without hitches and the health and mood of the crew were excellent.

  Planned linkup with Mir-station:

  If all continues to go according to plan the Soyuz-TM22 will dock at the forward docking port (P.Kh.O. -transition section), the -X axis on 5.09.95 at 1030 UTC. The last phase of the approach will take place within our range during Mir-orbit 54543 from 1018-1025 UTC. In this period we can expect radio traffic on the frequencies: 121.750 Mc (Soyuz-TM22) and 143.625 Mc (Mir). It is not possible to predict whether the old Altair on 17 dgs West will be used or not for this good old 'geo' did not show up since 26.08.95 0824 UTC.

  Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202

• 1995 Sep 11 - Landing of Soyuz TM-21 

  Soyuz TM-21 landed at 06:52 GMT with the crew of Budarin and Solovyov aboard.

• 1995 Oct 8 - Progress M-29  Spacecraft: Progress M. Payload: Progress M s/n 229. Mass: 7,122 kg (15,701 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Duration: 71.89 days. Perigee: 391 km (242 mi). Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.50 min.

  Unmanned resupply vessel to Mir. Launched into an initial 194 x 242 km x 51.7 deg orbit. Docked with Mir's rear of the Kvant module port on 10 Oct 1995 20:32:40 GMT (Soyuz TM-22 was docked to the front port). Undocked on 19 Dec 1995 09:15:05 GMT. Destroyed in reentry on 19 Dec 1995 16:15:00 GMT. Total free-flight time 2.36 days. Total docked time 69.53 days.

• 1995 Oct 20 - EVA Mir EO-20-1  Crew: Avdeyev, Reiter. EVA Type: Extra-Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.22 days. Spacecraft: Mir.

  Sample cassettes installed in ESEF (European Science Exposure Facility).

• 1995 Nov 12 - External Airlock/ODS  Payload: EAL/ODS. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle.

• 1995 Nov 12 - Mir-Shuttle Docking Module  Spacecraft: Mir-Shuttle Docking Module. Payload: DM 316GK s/n 1. Mass: 6,134 kg (13,523 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Duration: 8.19 days. Perigee: 356 km (221 mi). Apogee: 342 km (212 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg.

  Atlantis rendezvoused and docked with Mir space station on Nov 15. After departure the Russian-built 316GK Shuttle-Mir docking module remained attached to Mir to provide easier docking capability in the future.

• 1995 Nov 12 - STS-74  Crew: Cameron, Hadfield, Halsell, McArthur, Ross. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Payload: Atlantis F15 / 316GK SM. Mass: 6,134 kg (13,523 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Duration: 8.19 days. Perigee: 257 km (159 mi). Apogee: 342 km (212 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min.

  Rendezvoused and docked with Mir space station on November 15. Delivered the Russian-built 316GK Shuttle-Mir docking module to Mir.Payloads: Shuttle-Mir Mission 2; docking module with two attached solar arrays; IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC); Glow Experiment (GLO-4)/ Photogrammetric Appendage Structural Dynamics Experiment (PASDE) Payload (GPP); Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II.

• 1995 Nov 20 - Landing of STS-74 

  STS-74 landed at 17:02 GMT.

• 1995 Dec 8 - EVA Mir EO-20-2  Crew: Gidzenko, Avdeyev. EVA Type: Internal Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.0201 days. Spacecraft: Mir.

  Repositioned docking adapter.

• 1995 Dec 18 - Progress M-30  Spacecraft: Progress M. Payload: Progress M s/n 230. Mass: 7,068 kg (15,582 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Duration: 65.85 days. Perigee: 391 km (242 mi). Apogee: 409 km (254 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 92.60 min.

  Unmanned resupply vessel to Mir. Docked with Mir on 20 Dec 1995 16:10:15 GMT. Undocked on 22 Feb 1996 07:30:02 GMT. Destroyed in reentry on 22 Feb 1996 11:02:36 GMT. Total free-flight time 2.22 days. Total docked time 63.64 days.

• 1996 Feb 8 - EVA Mir EO-20-3  Crew: Gidzenko, Reiter. EVA Type: Extra-Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.13 days. Spacecraft: Mir.

  Retrieved and installed material samples

• 1996 Feb 21 - Soyuz TM-23  Crew: Onufrienko, Usachyov. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Payload: Soyuz TM 11F732 s/n 72. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Duration: 193.80 days. Perigee: 375 km (233 mi). Apogee: 390 km (240 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 92.20 min.

  Mir Expedition EO-21. Soyuz TM-23 docked with Mir at 14:20:35 on February 23.

• 1996 Feb 29 - Landing of Soyuz TM-22 

  Soyuz TM-22 landed at 10:42 GMT.