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Soyuz-TM 29
(Mir EO-27)

Cosmonauts:
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Viktor M. Afanasyev [3]
        Jean-Pierre Haignere [2] (France)
        Ivan Bella [1] (Slovakia)
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        Sergei V. Avdeyev (TM-28)
        Viktor Afanasyev (TM-29)
        Jean-Pierre Haignere (TM-29) (France)
Launch:
    Date: 20 February 1999
    Time: 04:18 UTC
Landing:
    Date: 28 August 1999
    Time: 00:35 UTC
Duration: 188 days, 20 hours, 17 minutes
Call Sign: Derbent
Mir Mission Designation: EO-27

This was the final planned Mir mission. Mir was to be de-orbited in late 1999 or early 2000. MirCorp and it's proposed commercialization of Mir delayed this.