Q: Who were the crew members of Soyuz TM-16?

A: The crew included Gennady Manakov as commander, Aleksandr Poleshchuk as Flight Engineer 1, and Jean-Pierre Haigneré as Research Cosmonaut (joining for landing).

Q: How long did Soyuz TM-16 stay in orbit?

A: The mission lasted 179 days, from January 24 to July 22, 1993, completing 2,790 orbits around Earth.

Q: What was the purpose of Soyuz TM-16?

A: It delivered crew and supplies to the Mir space station, continuing Russia's long-duration human spaceflight program.

Soyuz TM-16

expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir

Vehicle soyuz_tm Q1540599

Facts

29 properties

Instance of: Soyuz-TM, human spaceflight^[3]
Country: Russia^[2]
Follows: Soyuz TM-15^[5]
Followed by: Soyuz TM-17^[6]
Launch date: 1993-01-24
Part of: Soyuz programme^[7]
Duration: 15,468,225 second
Apoapsis: 394 km
Coat of arms image: commons.wikimedia.org
Crew member: Gennady Manakov, Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Jean-Pierre Haigneré
Crew members: Gennady Manakov, Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Jean-Pierre Haigneré^[15]^[16]^[17]
Landing date: 1993-07-22
Launch vehicle: Soyuz-U2
Location of landing: Kazakhstan^[18]
Mass: 7,150 kg
Operator: Roscosmos State Corporation^[4]
Orbital inclination: 51.64 degree
Orbital period: 92.4 minute
Orbits completed: 2,790^[19]
Periapsis: 393 km
Satellite of: low Earth orbit
Significant event: rocket launch, landing^[13]^[14]
Space launch vehicle: Soyuz-U2^[8]
Start point: Baikonur Cosmodrome^[20]

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Time of object orbit decay: 1981^[12]
Type of orbit: low Earth orbit^[9]
UTC date of spacecraft landing: July 22, 1993^[11]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: January 24, 1993^[10]
Vessel: Soyuz-TM

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 4

COSPAR ID: 1993-005A
Freebase ID: /m/03h38z
SCN: 22319
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Satellite", "22319"]

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🔗 Connections

Crew members 3

Gennady Manakov, Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Jean-Pierre Haigneré

← Astronaut mission 3

Gennady Manakov, Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Jean-Pierre Haigneré

Instance of 2

human spaceflight, Soyuz-TM

Significant event 2

landing, rocket launch

Belongs to 1

Soyuz programme

Country 1

Russia

Followed by 1

Soyuz TM-17

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Soyuz TM-17

Follows 1

Soyuz TM-15

Location of landing 1

Kazakhstan

Operator 1

Roscosmos State Corporation

Part of 1

Soyuz programme

Preceded by (successor) 1

Soyuz TM-15

Space launch vehicle 1

Soyuz-U2

Start point 1

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Type of orbit 1

low Earth orbit

Vessel 1

Soyuz-TM

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Summary

Soyuz TM-16 is a Soyuz-TM^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — country (P17): Russia. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — instance of (P31): human spaceflight. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — operator (P137): Roscosmos State Corporation. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — follows (P155): Soyuz TM-15. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — followed by (P156): Soyuz TM-17. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — part of (P361): Soyuz programme. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — space launch vehicle (P375): Soyuz-U2. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — type of orbit (P522): low Earth orbit. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): January 24, 1993. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — UTC date of spacecraft landing (P620): July 22, 1993. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — time of object orbit decay (P621): 1981. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — significant event (P793): rocket launch. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — significant event (P793): landing. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — crew members (P1029): Gennady Manakov. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — crew members (P1029): Aleksandr Poleshchuk. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — crew members (P1029): Jean-Pierre Haigneré. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — location of landing (P1158): Kazakhstan. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — orbits completed (P1418): {'amount': '+2790'}. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 — start point (P1427): Baikonur Cosmodrome. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Soyuz TM-16 is an instance of Soyuz-TM (Q2705481) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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