This article is about the spacecraft. For the expedition which it launched, see Mir EO-2.
Not to be confused with Soyuz 2 or Soyuz T-2 or Soyuz TMA-2 or Soyuz TMA-02M or Soyuz MS-02.
Soyuz TM-2
InsigniaSoyuz TM-2 mission patch.jpg
Cospar id1987-013A
Satcat17482
Mission duration174 days, 3 hours, 25 minutes, 56 seconds
Orbits completed~2,810
SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-STM No. 52
Soyuz-TMSoyuz 7K-STM No. 52
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass7,100 kilograms (15,700 lb)
Launch date UTC[2]
Launch rocketSoyuz-U2
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
Landing date UTC[3]
Landing site80 kilometres (50 mi) from Arkalyk
Crew membersAleksandr Laveykin
Crew launchingYuri Romanenko
Crew landingAleksandr Viktorenko
Muhammed Faris
Crew callsignTaimyr
Orbit referenceGeocentric
Orbit regimeLow Earth
Orbit periapsis341 kilometres (212 mi)
Orbit apoapsis365 kilometres (227 mi)
Orbit inclination51.6 degrees
Orbit period91.6 minutes
Apsisgee
Previous missionSoyuz T-15
Next missionSoyuz TM-3
ProgrammeSoyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
Soyuz TM-2
Docking targetMir[1]
dock7 February 1987, 23:27:40 UTC
Undocking date29 July 1987, 20:44:00 UTC

Soyuz TM-2 was a crewed spaceflight to the Soviet space station Mir, which was uncrewed at the time. TM-2 was launched on February 5, 1987, and it was first crewed spaceflight of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft,[4] and the second crewed spaceflight to Mir (the first being Soyuz T-15). The crew of the long duration expedition, Mir EO-2, who were launched by TM-2 consisted of Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Aleksandr Laveykin.

The spacecraft remained docked to Mir, functioning as a lifeboat for the EO-2 crew, until July 1987 when it returned to Earth carrying Laveykin and the two man crew of Mir EP-1. Romanenko later returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-3 at the end of EO-2.

Mission parameters

  • Mass: 7100 kg
  • Perigee: 341 km
  • Apogee: 365 km
  • Inclination: 51.6°
  • Period: 91.6 minutes

Mission highlights

Main article: Mir EO-2

Early in the expedition EO-2, the module Kvant-1 was launched to automatically dock with Mir. The docking system, known as the "Igla system", was not behaving as expected. On April 5 the EO-2 crew retreated to the Soyuz TM-2 spacecraft so that they could escape in the event the module got out of control. About 200 m out, the docking system lost its lock on Mir's aft port antenna. The cosmonauts watched from within Soyuz TM-2 as the Kvant/ FSM combination passed within 10 m of the station.[2] Following an emergency spacewalk, Kvant fully docked to the station on April 11.

References

  1. ^ "Soyuz TM-2". Spacefacts.de. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Mir EO-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 9 April 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Mir EP-1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Soyuz TM". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on June 24, 2002. Retrieved 11 November 2010.