Soyuz TM-8

Soyuz TM-8 was the eighth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir. (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. The Soyuz-U2 rocket was painted with advertisements. During the Soyuz spacecraft's final approach to Mir (4 metre distance), the Kurs rendezvous and docking system malfunctioned, so Viktorenko took over manual control and withdrew to 20 metres, and then docked manually. The spacecraft spent 166 ... more

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