launched by Russia

Soyuz TM-20

Success
OCT 03199422:42:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 3 cosmonauts.

Docked to Mir.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz U2 into LEO

Spacecraft

Soyuz TM Soyuz TM-20

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Aleksandr Viktorenko from Russia
  • 02 Yelena Kondakova from Russia
  • 03 Ulf Merbold from Germany
Descending
  • 01 Aleksandr Viktorenko from Russia
  • 02 Yelena Kondakova from Russia
  • 03 Valery Polyakov from Russia

At the station

docked at Mir

returned to Earth Mar 22, 1995

last updated Oct 25, 2026