Soyuz TM-18
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| Mission name | Soyuz TM-18 | ||||
| Spacecraft mass | 7150 kg | ||||
| Crew size | 3 launched / 2 landed | ||||
| Call sign | Дербе́нт (Derbent) | ||||
| Launch date | January 8, 1994 10:05:34 UTC Gagarin's Start |
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| Landing | July 9, 1994 10:32:35 UTC 110 km N of Arkalyk |
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| Mission duration | 182 days 00 hours 27 minutes 01 seconds | ||||
| Number of orbits | ~2,910 | ||||
| Apogee | 335 km | ||||
| Perigee | 244 km | ||||
| Orbital period | 90.1 minutes | ||||
| Orbital inclination | 51.6° | ||||
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Soyuz TM-18 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome and landed 112 km north of Arkalyk. TM-18 was a two-day solo flight that docked with the Mir space station on January 10, 1994. The three cosmonauts became the 15th resident crew of the MIR. The crew did research work in space flight medicine, primarily by cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov during his long-term flight, and accomplished 25 different experiments.
Crew
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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| Commander |  Viktor AfanasyevSecond spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer | Yury Usachov First spaceflight |
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| Research Cosmonaut | Valeri Polyakov Second spaceflight |
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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.
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