launched from Russia

Soyuz TM-24

Success
AUG 17199613:18:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 3 cosmonauts.

Docked to Mir.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz U into LEO

Payload

Soyuz TM-24

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Valery Korzun from Russia
  • 02 Aleksandr Kaleri from Russia
  • 03 Claudie Haigneré from France
Descending
  • 01 Valery Korzun from Russia
  • 02 Aleksandr Kaleri from Russia
  • 03 Reinhold Ewald from Germany

At the station

docked at Mir

returned to Earth Mar 2, 1997 06:44 UTC