| COSPAR ID | 1987-013A |
|---|---|
| SATCATno. | 17482 |
| Mission duration | 174 days, 3 hours, 25 minutes, 56 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~2,810 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 52 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,100 kilograms (15,700 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 up 3 down |
| Members | Aleksandr Laveykin |
| Launching | Yuri Romanenko |
| Landing | Aleksandr Viktorenko Muhammed Faris |
| Callsign | Taimyr |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 5 February 1987, 21:38:16 (1987-02-05UTC21:38:16Z) UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 30 July 1987, 01:04:12 (1987-07-30UTC01:04:13Z) UTC[2] |
| Landing site | 80 kilometres (50 mi) fromArkalyk |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 341 kilometres (212 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 365 kilometres (227 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 91.6 minutes |
| Docking withMir[3] | |
| Docking date | 7 February 1987, 23:27:40 UTC |
| Undocking date | 29 July 1987, 20:44:00 UTC |
 Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TM-2 was a crewed spaceflight to theSovietspace stationMir, which was uncrewed at the time. TM-2 was launched on February 5, 1987, and it was first crewedspaceflight of theSoyuz-TM spacecraft,[4] and thesecond crewed spaceflight to Mir (the first beingSoyuz T-15). The crew of the long duration expedition,Mir EO-2, who were launched by TM-2 consisted of Soviet cosmonautsYuri Romanenko andAleksandr 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 ofMir EP-1. Romanenko later returned to Earth inSoyuz TM-3 at the end of EO-2.
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Yuri Romanenko Mir EO-2 Third and last spaceflight | Aleksandr Viktorenko Mir EP-1 First spaceflight |
| Flight engineer | Aleksandr Laveykin Mir EO-2 Only spaceflight | |
| Research cosmonaut | None | Muhammed Faris,Syria Mir EP-1 Only spaceflight |
Early in the expeditionEO-2, the moduleKvant-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.
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