launched from Russia

Soyuz TM-11

Success
DEC 02199008:13:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 3 cosmonauts.

Docked to Mir.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz TM into LEO

Payload

Soyuz TM-11

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Viktor Afanasyev from Russia
  • 02 Musa Manarov from Russia
  • 03 Toyohiro Akiyama from Japan
Descending
  • 01 Viktor Afanasyev from Russia
  • 02 Musa Manarov from Russia
  • 03 Helen Sharman from UK

At the station

docked at Mir

returned to Earth May 26, 1990