Soyuz TM-21
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Soyuz TM-21 was a Russian crewed spacecraft mission notable for carrying U.S. astronaut Norman E. Thagard to the Mir space station as part of early Shuttle-Mir cooperation.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soyuz-TM spacecraft
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crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| associatedShuttleMission | STS-71 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedAstronaut | Norman E. Thagard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedCosmonaut |
Gennady Strekalov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vladimir Dezhurov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| crewExchange |
delivered EO-18 crew to Mir
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served as lifeboat for Mir during EO-18 ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Gennady Strekalov
NERFINISHED
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Norman E. Thagard NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Dezhurov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| dockedTo | Mir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Soyuz TM-22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internationalCooperation | United States–Russia space cooperation ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
Kazakhstan
NERFINISHED
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Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1995-03-14 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Soyuz-U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | RKK Energia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDesignation | Soyuz TM-21 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
crew transport
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long-duration spaceflight ⓘ |
| nationalityOfCrewMember |
American
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Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carrying first U.S. astronaut to launch on a Russian spacecraft
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early Shuttle–Mir cooperation ⓘ |
| operator |
Roscosmos
NERFINISHED
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Russian Federal Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbit | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partOf | Shuttle–Mir program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Soyuz TM-20 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program |
Mir program
NERFINISHED
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Soyuz program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentry | crew returned to Earth in Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-71 ⓘ |
| returnVehicleFor | Mir EO-18 crew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgencyPartner | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftRole | ferry spacecraft for Mir ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Soyuz-TM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceStationDestination | Mir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceStationDocking | Mir core module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceStationExpedition | Mir EO-18 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
support of joint U.S.–Russian spaceflight program
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transport of crew to Mir ⓘ |
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