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Soyuz TM-13 Austromir

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Mir Austromir Credit: www.spacefacts.de

AKA: Austromir; Mir Austromir; Soyuz TM-13 (Aubakirov, Viehboeck). Launched: 1991-10-02. Returned: 1991-10-10. Number crew: 2 . Duration: 7.93 days.

Soyuz TM-13 transported to the Mir manned orbital station an international crew comprising the cosmonauts A Volkov (USSR), T Aubakirov (USSR) and F. Viehbock (Austria), to conduct joint scientific and technical research with the cosmonauts A. Artsebarsky and S Krikalyov. Austria paid $ 7 million for mission. Kazakh cosmonaut added at last minute. Artsebarsky traded places with Volkov and returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-12 with Aubakirov and Viehboeck. Krikalyov remained aboard Mir on his unplanned long-duration mission together with Volkov to make up the EO-10 crew.

Narrative (adapted from D S F Portree's Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995)

Soyuz TM-13 arrived at Mir on 4 October, 1991. It carried Austrian cosmonaut-researcher Franz Viehboeck and Kazakh cosmonaut-researcher Toktar Aubakirov. The flight was unusual for carrying no flight engineer. Veteran Russian cosmonaut Alexandr Volkov commanded. The Austrians paid $7 million to fly Viehboeck to Mir, and the Kazakh cosmonaut flew partly in an effort to encourage newly-independent Kazakhstan to continue to permit launchings from Baikonur Cosmodrome. The cosmonaut-researchers photographed their respective countries from orbit and conducted the usual range of materials processing and medical experiments. Artsebarsky traded places with Volkov and returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-12. Krikalyov remained aboard Mir on his unplanned long-duration mission together with Volkov to make up the EO-10 crew.

Family: Manned spaceflight. People: Aubakirov, Volkov, Aleksandr, Musabayev, Flade, Krikalyov, Viehboeck, Lothaller. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.

• Soyuz TM-13 - . Call Sign: Donbass (Donbass - River Don basin). Crew: Aubakirov, Viehboeck, Volkov, Aleksandr. Backup Crew: Lothaller, Musabayev, Viktorenko. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 63. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aubakirov, Lothaller, Musabayev, Viehboeck, Viktorenko, Volkov, Aleksandr. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-12, Soyuz TM-12 Mir LD-3, Soyuz TM-13, Soyuz TM-13 Austromir. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 175.12 days. Decay Date: 1992-03-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 21735 . COSPAR: 1991-069A. Apogee: 232 km (144 mi). Perigee: 195 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.7000 deg. Period: 88.80 min.

  Manned three crew. Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-10. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station an international crew comprising the cosmonauts A Volkov (USSR), T Aubakirov (USSR) and F. Viehbock (Austria), to conduct joint scientific and technical research with the cosmonauts A. Artsebarsky and S Krikalev. Austria paid $ 7 million for mission. Kazakh cosmonaut added at last minute.

• Landing of Soyuz TM-12 - . Return Crew: Artsebarsky, Aubakirov, Viehboeck. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Artsebarsky, Aubakirov, Viehboeck. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-12, Soyuz TM-12 Mir LD-3, Soyuz TM-13 Austromir. Soyuz TM-12 landed at 04:11 GMT with the crew of Artsebarsky, Aubakirov and Viehboeck aboard..