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This article is about the spacecraft. For the expedition which it launched, see Mir EO-2.
Not to be confused with Soyuz 2, Soyuz T-2, Soyuz TMA-2, Soyuz TMA-02M, or Soyuz MS-02.

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.

Crew

Position Launching crew Landing crew
Commander Soviet Union Yuri Romanenko
Mir EO-2
Third and last spaceflight 		Soviet Union Aleksandr Viktorenko
Mir EP-1
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer Soviet Union Aleksandr Laveykin
Mir EO-2
Only spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut None Syria Muhammed Faris
Mir EP-1
Only spaceflight

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.[1] Following an emergency spacewalk, Kvant fully docked to the station on April 11.

References

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