Soyuz TM-16
Soyuz TM-16 carried Gennadi Manakov and Aleksandr Poleshchuk to Mir for the thirteenth resident expedition. Its APAS-89 docking with Kristall tested the androgynous interface later used for Shuttle-Mir. The crew performed two EVAs to install solar-array drive equipment, then returned with Altair researcher Jean-Pierre Haignere.
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- Mir EO-13Mir-13Vulkan7K-STM No. 101
- Name
- Soyuz TM-16
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Soyuz TM-16 carried Gennadi Manakov and Aleksandr Poleshchuk to Mir for the thirteenth resident expedition. Its APAS-89 docking with Kristall tested the androgynous interface later used for Shuttle-Mir. The crew performed two EVAs to install solar-array drive equipment, then returned with Altair researcher Jean-Pierre Haignere.
- End Date
- 1993-07-22
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Completed Mir EO-13, demonstrated the APAS-89 docking interface, and safely returned Manakov, Poleshchuk, and Haignere.
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- Start Date
- 1993-01-24
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- July 14, 2026 at 01:34:42 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:54 UTC
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- Soyuz TM-16 Mir EO-13 Mir-13 Vulkan 7K-STM No. 101
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