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Soyuz TM-18
Mission statistics
Mission name: Soyuz TM-18
Call sign: Дербе́нт (Derbent)
Number of crew members: 3 launched / 2 landed
Launch: January 8, 1994
10:05:34 UTC
Baikonur LC1
Landing: July 9, 1994
10:32:35 UTC
110 km N of Arkalyk
Duration: 182 days 00 hours 27 minutes 01 seconds
Number of orbits: ~2,910

Crew

Launched:

Landed:

Mission parameters

  • Mass: 7150 kg
  • Perigee: 244 km
  • Apogee: 335 km
  • Inclination: 51.6°
  • Period: 90.1 minutes

Mission highlights

18th expedition to Mir.

Afanasyev and Usachev spent 179 days on Mir. Dr. Polyakov was slated to return to Earth on Soyuz-TM 20 in March 1995, after more than 420 days on Mir.


Manned spaceflights to Mir

Soyuz T-15 | Soyuz TM-2 | Soyuz TM-3 | Soyuz TM-4 | Soyuz TM-5 | Soyuz TM-6 | Soyuz TM-7 | Soyuz TM-8 | Soyuz TM-9 | Soyuz TM-10 | Soyuz TM-11 | Soyuz TM-12 | Soyuz TM-13 | Soyuz TM-14 | Soyuz TM-15 | Soyuz TM-16 | Soyuz TM-17 | Soyuz TM-18 | Soyuz TM-19 | Soyuz TM-20 | Soyuz TM-21 | STS-71 | Soyuz TM-22 | STS-74 | Soyuz TM-23 | STS-76 | Soyuz TM-24 | STS-79 | STS-81 | Soyuz TM-25 | STS-84 | Soyuz TM-26 | STS-86 | STS-89 | Soyuz TM-27 | STS-91 | Soyuz TM-28 | Soyuz TM-29 | Soyuz TM-30