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Index Soyuz TM-16

Soyuz TM-16 was the sixteenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 17 relations: Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Androgyny, Energia (corporation), Gennady Manakov, Geocentric orbit, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Jezkazgan, Low Earth orbit, Mir, Roscosmos, Soyuz programme, Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-17, Soyuz-TM, Soyuz-U2, Space station, Volcano.

  2. Spacecraft launched in 1993

Aleksandr Poleshchuk

Aleksandr Fyodorovich Poleshchuk (Александр Фёдорович Полещук, born October 30, 1953) is a former Russian cosmonaut.

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Androgyny

Androgyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics.

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Energia (corporation)

PAO S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya "Energiya" im.), also known as RSC Energia (РКК «Энергия», RKK "Energiya"), is a Russian manufacturer of spacecraft and space station components.

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Gennady Manakov

Gennady Mikhailovich Manakov (Геннадий Михайлович Манаков; 1 June 1950 – 26 September 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who commanded two Soyuz flights to the Mir space station.

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Geocentric orbit

A geocentric orbit, Earth-centered orbit, or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.

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Jean-Pierre Haigneré

Jean-Pierre Haigneré (born 19 May 1948) is a French Air Force officer and a former CNES spationaut.

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Jezkazgan

Zhezkazgan, or Jezkazgan (translit) is a city and the administrative centre of Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan. Population: Its urban area includes the neighbouring mining town of Satpayev, for a total city population of 148,700. 55% of Jezkazgan's population are Kazakhs and 30% Russians, with smaller minorities of Ukrainians, Germans, Chechens and Koreans.

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Low Earth orbit

A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25.

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Mir

Mir (Мир) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation.

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Roscosmos

The State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos" (Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (Роскосмос), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.

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Soyuz programme

The Soyuz programme (Союз, meaning "Union") is a human spaceflight programme initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s.

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Soyuz TM-15

Soyuz TM-15 was the 15th expedition to the Mir space station. Soyuz TM-16 and Soyuz TM-15 are Crewed Soyuz missions.

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Soyuz TM-17

Soyuz TM-17 was a Russian spaceflight to the space station Mir, launched on July 1, 1993. Soyuz TM-16 and Soyuz TM-17 are Crewed Soyuz missions and spacecraft launched in 1993.

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Soyuz-TM

The Soyuz-TM were fourth generation (1986–2002) Soyuz spacecraft used for ferry flights to the Mir and ISS space stations.

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Soyuz-U2

The Soyuz-U2 (GRAU index 11A511U2) was a Soviet, later Russian, carrier rocket.

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Space station

A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft which remains in orbit and hosts humans for extended periods of time.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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See also

Spacecraft launched in 1993

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TM-16