Soyuz TM-11
Soyuz TM-11 launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on December 2, 1990 with Viktor Afanasyev, Musa Manarov, and Japanese broadcaster Toyohiro Akiyama. The flight docked with Mir on December 4. Akiyama made a short TBS-sponsored media visit and returned with the outgoing Soyuz TM-10 crew on December 10, while Afanasyev and Manarov remained aboard as the Mir-8 resident crew. Their expedition continued station maintenance, scientific work, spacecraft relocations, and EVAs before the Soyuz TM-11 spacecraft returned them to Earth on May 26, 1991.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Mir EO-8Mir-8TBS spaceflightSoyuz TM-11 / Soyuz TM-10
- Name
- Soyuz TM-11
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Soyuz TM-11 launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on December 2, 1990 with Viktor Afanasyev, Musa Manarov, and Japanese broadcaster Toyohiro Akiyama. The flight docked with Mir on December 4. Akiyama made a short TBS-sponsored media visit and returned with the outgoing Soyuz TM-10 crew on December 10, while Afanasyev and Manarov remained aboard as the Mir-8 resident crew. Their expedition continued station maintenance, scientific work, spacecraft relocations, and EVAs before the Soyuz TM-11 spacecraft returned them to Earth on May 26, 1991.
- End Date
- 1991-05-26
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Completed. Afanasyev, Manarov, and Akiyama reached Mir; Akiyama completed the TBS media visit and landed on Soyuz TM-10, while Afanasyev and Manarov completed the Mir-8 expedition and landed on Soyuz TM-11.
- Program
- Mir EO-8 / TBS
- Start Date
- 1990-12-02
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Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TM-11
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- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 16:15:33 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 22, 2026 at 23:17:29 UTC
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