Soyuz TM-25

Soyuz TM-25
OperatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID1997-003A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.24717Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration184 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Orbits completed~2,950
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size3 up
2 down
MembersVasili Tsibliyev
Aleksandr Lazutkin
LaunchingReinhold Ewald
CallsignСи́риус (Sirius)
Start of mission
Launch dateFebruary 10, 1997, 14:09:30 (1997-02-10UTC14:09:30Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
End of mission
Landing dateAugust 14, 1997, 12:17:10 (1997-08-14UTC12:17:11Z) UTC
Landing site170 kilometres (110 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude378 kilometres (235 mi)
Apogee altitude394 kilometres (245 mi)
Inclination51.56 degrees
Docking with Mir
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TM-25 was a crewed Soyuz spaceflight, which launched on February 10, 1997.[1] It transported Russian cosmonauts Vasily Tsibliyev, Aleksandr Lazutkin, and German cosmonaut Reinhold Ewald to Mir.

  1. ^ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-25.htm