Soyuz TM-23
Soyuz TM-23 launched Yuri Onufrienko and Yury Usachov for Mir EO-21. The spacecraft remained as the expedition lifeboat while Shannon Lucid joined aboard STS-76, then returned the Russian crew with Cassiopee researcher Claudie Andre-Deshays after the TM-24 handover.
Identity
- Aliases
- Mir EO-21SkifSkiph7K-STM No. 72
- Name
- Soyuz TM-23
- Slug
- soyuz-tm-23
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- Soyuz TM-23 launched Yuri Onufrienko and Yury Usachov for Mir EO-21. The spacecraft remained as the expedition lifeboat while Shannon Lucid joined aboard STS-76, then returned the Russian crew with Cassiopee researcher Claudie Andre-Deshays after the TM-24 handover.
- End Date
- 1996-09-02
- Landing Site Id
- qh7bakp1w9nzp3cr18xsbe2j618ahhrt
- Launch Site Id
- qh7ejhef8vbxy7pczrvc60wyms89t64m
- Outcome
- Completed Mir EO-21 transport and safely returned Onufrienko, Usachov, and Andre-Deshays.
- Program
- Mir EO-21 / Shuttle-Mir
- Space Station Id
- ms7pew70vq5198mpes6e0xyhex89xvmg
- Start Date
- 1996-02-21
- Vehicle Family Ids
- nd7ycvp2f7207rx35wksnzf5gh8ag920nd7j0y79e09034eqw9xme5tvzh8aevr8
- Vehicle Id
- nh7s1vysjb2gnedkms2833pv9n8agea2
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- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 5:51:51 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 5:51:51 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
- vh7c9dcm6eswqyvh2vsqq53es57ngjhr
- Role
- Soyuz and Mir operator
- Organization Id
- vh78tcgf85a81gqyw9qssyv78s89tky8
- Role
- Cassiopée return partner
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
- td74ysbdbm6e4f5xszf809f8ss89tytv
- Role
- Commander / Mir EO-21
- Astronaut Id
- td7ba3m5bnzawvq7jwfh6k8db985jvdh
- Role
- Flight Engineer / Mir EO-21
- Astronaut Id
- td73m4n6yn449387k50gk7ttnd8a98yh
- Role
- Return crew; launched on Soyuz TM-24 for Cassiopee