Soyuz TM-26

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Soyuz TM-26
sign = Родни́к (Rodnik - Spring)
crew_members = 2 launched / 3 landed
launch = August 5, 1997
15:35:54 UTC
Gagarin's Start
landing = February 19, 1998
09:10:30 UTC
30 km of Arkalyk (50.18 N; 67.50 E)
duration = 197 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes, 36 seconds
orbits = ~3,220 |

Soyuz TM-26 is a Russian spacecraft that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to the Mir, the Russian space station. It was the 32nd expedition to Mir. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on August 5, 1997. The main mission was to transport two specially-trained cosmonauts to repair or salvage the troubled space station. TM-26 docked with Mir on August 7 by manual control. The crew repaired the power cable and harness/connectors in the severely damaged Spektr module and restored much of the lost power; they also repaired and replaced the oxygen generators in Mir. The hole(s) in that module that caused total depressurization of the module could not be located during their spacewalk inside that module.

Crew

Launched:
*Anatoly Solovyev (5)
*Pavel Vinogradov (1)

Landed:
*Anatoly Solovyev (5)
*Pavel Vinogradov (1)
*Léopold Eyharts (1) - France

Mission parameters

*Mass: 7150 kg
*Perigee: 193 km
*Apogee: 249 km
*Inclination: 51.6°
*Period: 88.6 minutes