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| Buran Analogue Flight 16 |
January 16, 1988 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Rimantas Stankyavichus (15th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 22 minutes |
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| Test Pilot: Igor Volk (16th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
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| Buran Analogue Flight 17 |
January 24, 1988 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Ivan Bachurin (2nd Buran Analogue Flight) (GKNII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 22 minutes |
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| Test Pilot: Aleksei Boroday (2nd Buran Analogue Flight) (GKNII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
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| Buran Analogue Flight 18 |
February 23, 1988 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Ivan Bachurin (3rd Buran Analogue Flight) (GKNII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 22 minutes |
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| Test Pilot: Aleksei Boroday (3rd Buran Analogue Flight) (GKNII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
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| Buran Analogue Flight 19 |
March 4, 1988 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Rimantas Stankyavichus (16th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 32 minutes |
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| Test Pilot: Igor Volk (17th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
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| Buran Analogue Flight 20 |
March 12, 1988 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Ivan Bachurin (4th Buran Analogue Flight) (GKNII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 21 minutes |
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| Test Pilot: Aleksei Boroday (4th Buran Analogue Flight) (GKNII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
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| Buran Analogue Flight 21 |
March 23, 1988 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Ivan Bachurin (5th Buran Analogue Flight) (GKNII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 21 minutes |
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| Test Pilot: Aleksei Boroday (5th Buran Analogue Flight) (GKNII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
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| Buran Analogue Flight 22 |
March 28, 1988 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Ivan Bachurin (6th Buran Analogue Flight) (GKNII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 22 minutes |
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| Test Pilot: Aleksei Boroday (6th Buran Analogue Flight) (GKNII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
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| Buran Analogue Flight 23 |
April 2, 1988 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Rimantas Stankyavichus (17th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 20 minutes |
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| Test Pilot: Aleksandr Shchukin (9th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
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| Buran Analogue Flight 24 |
April 8, 1988 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Rimantas Stankyavichus (18th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 21 minutes |
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| Test Pilot: Aleksandr Shchukin (10th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
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| Buran Analogue Flight 25 |
April 15, 1988 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Rimantas Stankyavichus (19th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 19 minutes |
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| Test Pilot: Igor Volk (18th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
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| Soyuz TM-5 (7K-STM #55) |
June 7, 1988 (14:03 GMT) |
September 7, 1988 (00:49 GMT) |
Commander: Anatoli Soloviyov (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 6) (Down - Soyuz TM-4) (9 days 20 hours 10 minutes) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 173 km Apogee: 241 km Inclination: 51.6° Crew: 156 orbits |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
202 km SE of Dzhezkazgan (46° N, 69° E) |
Flight Engineer: Viktor Savinkyh (3rd Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 4) (Down - Soyuz TM-4) (9 days 20 hours 10 minutes) |
USSR | M | ||
| Docked with Mir June 9, 1988 (15:57 GMT) |
Undocked from Mir September 5, 1988 (22:55 GMT) |
Researcher: Aleksandr Panayatov Aleksandrov (1st Flight) (Bulgarian Cosmonaut) (Down - Soyuz TM-4) (9 days 20 hours 10 minutes) |
Bulgaria | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U2 |
Port Relocation June 18, 1988 (10:11 GMT - 10:27 GMT) |
Backup Crew: Vladimir Lyakhov | USSR | M | Time 91 days 10 hours 46 minutes |
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| Backup Crew: Aleksandr Serebrov | USSR | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Krasimir Stoyanov | Bulgaria | M | ||||
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| Soyuz TM-6 (7K-STM #56) |
August 29, 1988 (04:23 GMT) |
December 21, 1988 (09:57 GMT) |
Commander: Vladimir Lyakhov (3rd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 4) (Down - Soyuz TM-5) (8 days 20 hours 28 minutes) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 195 km Apogee: 228 km Inclination: 51.6° Crew: 141 orbits |
| Medical Researcher: Valeri Polyakov (1st Flight) (IMBP Detachment - Group 1) (Down - Soyuz TM-7) (240 days 22 hours 34 minutes) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
180 km SE of Dzhezkazgan (46° N, 69° E) |
Researcher: Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1st Flight) (Afghanistan Cosmonaut) (Down - Soyuz TM-5) (8 days 20 hours 28 minutes) |
Afghanistan | M | ||
| Docked with Mir August 31, 1988 (05:40 GMT) |
Undocked from Mir December 21, 1988 (02:33 GMT) |
1st Backup Crew: Anatoli Berezovoy | USSR | M | Time 114 days 5 hours 33 minutes |
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| 1st Backup Crew: German Arzamazov | USSR | M | ||||
| 1st Backup Crew: Mohammad Dauran-Ghulam Masum | Afghanistan | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U2 |
Port Relocation September 8, 1988 (01:02 GMT - 01:28 GMT) |
2nd Backup Crew: Yuri Malyshev | USSR | M | ||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Aleksandr Borodin | USSR | M | ||||
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| STS-26 | September 29, 1988 (15:37 GMT) |
October 3, 1988 (16:37 GMT) |
Commander: Frederick Hauck (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 306 km Apogee: 336 km Inclination: 28.5° 64 orbits |
| Pilot: Richard Covey (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: John Michael Lounge (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) (7th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
19th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 17) |
Mission Specialist 2: George Nelson (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Time 4 days 1 hour 0 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: David Hilmers (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz TM-7 (7K-STM #57) |
November 26, 1988 (15:49 GMT) |
April 27, 1989 (02:57 GMT) |
Commander: Aleksandr Volkov (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 6) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 194 km Apogee: 235 km Inclination: 51.6° 2,396 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Flight Engineer: Sergei Krikalyov (1st Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 7) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
140 km NE of Dzhezkazgan (49° N, 69° E) |
Researcher: Jean-Loup Chrétien (2nd Flight) (CNES Group 1 - Aragatz Mission) (Down - Soyuz TM-6) (24 days 18 hours 7 minutes) |
France | M | ||
| Docked with Mir November 28, 1988 (17:15 GMT) |
Undocked from Mir April 26, 1989 (23:28 GMT) |
1st Backup Crew: Aleksandr Viktorenko | USSR | M | Time 151 days 11 hours 8 minutes |
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| 1st Backup Crew: Aleksandr Serebrov | USSR | M | ||||
| 1st Backup Crew: Michel Ange-Charles Tognini | France | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U2 |
Port Relocation December 22, 1988 (06:44 GMT - 06:59 GMT) |
2nd Backup Crew: Vladimir Soloviyov | USSR | M | ||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Aleksandr Balandin | USSR | M | ||||
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| STS-27 | December 2, 1988 (14:30 GMT) |
December 6, 1988 (23:26 GMT) |
Commander: Robert Gibson (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 437 km Apogee: 447 km Inclination: 57° 68 orbits |
| Pilot: Guy Gardner (1st Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Richard Michael Mullane (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) (3rd Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
20th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 17) |
Mission Specialist 2: Jerry Ross (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | Time 4 days 9 hours 5 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: William Shepherd (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
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