Soyuz TM-19

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**Soyuz TM-19**
Mission insignia

Mission statistics
Mission name:	Soyuz TM-19
Call sign:	Ага́т (Agat - Agate)
Number of crew members:	2
Launch:	July 1, 1994 12:24:50 UTC Baikonur, Pad 1
Landing:	November 4, 1994 11:18:26 UT 88 km NE of Arkalyk
Duration:	125 days, 22 h, 53 min, 36 s
Number of Orbits:	1993

1 Crew
2 Mission parameters
3 Mission highlights
4 Mission accomplishments
5 Notes

[edit] Crew

Launched:

1 Yuri Malenchenko (1) - Commander
2 Talgat Musabayev (1) - Flight Engineer - Kazakhstan

Landed:

1 Yuri Malenchenko (1) - Commander
2 Talgat Musabayev (1) - Flight Engineer
3 Ulf Merbold (3) - Germany

[edit] Mission parameters

Mass: 7150 kg
Perigee: 202 km
Apogee: 222 km
Inclination: 51.6°
Period: 88.5 min

[edit] Mission highlights

Commander Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Musabayev, spaceflight rookies, were to have been launched with veteran cosmonaut Gennadi Strekalov, who would have returned to Earth with Viktor Afanaseyev and Yuri Usachyov in Soyuz-TM 18 after a few days on Mir. However, cancellation of one of two Progress-M cargo ships scheduled to resupply Mir during the Agat crew’s stay meant Strekalov’s couch had to carry supplies. The result was an unusual all-rookie flight. Docking occurred without incident on July 3. On November 3, Musabayev, Malenchenko, and Merbold undocked in Soyuz-TM 19 and backed 190 m from Mir. They then activated the Kurs automatic approach system, which successfully redocked the spacecraft. The cosmonauts then transferred back to Mir. The test was related to the difficulties Soyuz-TM 20 and Progress-M 24 experienced during their automatic approaches. Final undocking and reentry the following day occurred without incident.

[edit] Mission accomplishments

Docked with Mir
Exchange part of crew
Conducted medical experiments
Conducted materials experiments
Both cosmonauts perform EVA 09.09.1994 (5h 6m) to repair station's external insulation
Both cosmonauts repeat EVA on 14.09.1994 (6h 1m) for same purpose
First successful manual docking of a Progress supply ship

[edit] Notes

Both cosmonauts and Doctor Valeri Polyakov (arrived on Soyuz TM-18) became the 16th resident crew; many technical problems with the station arose during this mission, necessitating a previously untried manual supply dock by Malenchenko.

Manned spaceflights to Mir