launched from Russia

Soyuz TM-28

Success
AUG 13199809:43:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 3 cosmonauts.

Docked to Mir.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz TM into LEO

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Gennady Padalka from Russia
  • 02 Sergei Avdeyev from Russia
  • 03 Yuri Baturin from Russia
Descending
  • 01 Gennady Padalka from Russia
  • 02 Ivan Bella from Slovakia

At the station

docked at Mir

returned to Earth Feb 28, 1999