Status
Success
Soyuz TM-9
Launch Time
Sun Feb 11, 1990 06:16 UTC
Sun Feb 11, 1990 06:16 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Soyuz TM-9
Soyuz TM-9 was the ninth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.
The Soyuz is a Soviet crewed spacecraft, developed to perform lunar missions with crew. This version called 7K will fly 4 times on the giant launcher N1, and several tens of times on Proton to fly over the Moon, which will be successful during the mission Zond 4. Soyuz will become the first spacecraft to transport living beings on the Moon during the flight of Zond 5, with two turtles. Thereafter, it is adapted to the low orbit and will fly on the Soyuz launcher to supply the Soviet Salyut and Mir stations, and the ISS.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7,100.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1990
14th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz U
604th mission
3rd mission of 1990
587th successful mission
48th consecutive successful mission