Status
Success
Soyuz TM-12
Launch Time
Sat May 18, 1991 12:50 UTC
Sat May 18, 1991 12:50 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Soyuz TM-12
Soyuz TM-12 was the 12th expedition to Mir, and included the first Briton in space, Helen Sharman.
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
1991
35th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz U
641st mission
8th mission of 1991
622nd successful mission
25th consecutive successful mission