Soyuz TM-6

Crew:
    Upload:
        Vladimir Lyakhov [3], Commander
        Valeri Polyakov [1], Flight Engineer
        Abdul Mohmand [1], Research Cosmonaut (Afghanistan)
    Download:
        Vladimir Titov (Soyuz TM-4)
        Musa Manarov (Soyuz TM-4)
        Jean-Loup Chrétien (Soyuz TM-7)

Backup Crew:
    Anatoli Berezovoi
     (for Lyakhov)
    Gherman Arzamazov
     (for Polyakov)
    Mohammed Masum (Afghanistan)
     (for Mohmand)

Launch:
    Location: Baikonur, Site 1/5
    Date: 29 August 1988
    Time: 04:23:11 UTC

Landing:
    Date: 21 December 1988
    Time: 09:57:00 UTC
    Location: 48° 8' N, 69° 55' E

Docking:
    Kvant, 31 August 1988 05:41 UTC - 8 September 1988 01:05 UTC
    fore unit of Mir, 8 September 1988 01:25 UTC - 21 December 1988 02:33 UTC

Duration: 114 days, 5 hours, 33 minutes, 49 seconds

Upload Call Sign: Proton
Download Call Sign: Okean (Ocean)

This Mir mission had no designation number. During reentry, the first de-orbit burn was cancelled due to a calculation error. The calculation was redone and the de-orbit burn occurred 3 hours later.

Crew

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