Soyuz TM-3
Soyuz TM-3
Launch Date
July 22, 1987
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
3
Soyuz TM-3
Soyuz TM-3
Launch Date
July 22, 1987
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
3
Overview
Soyuz TM-3 was a visitation and Soyuz vehicle swap for the EO-2 long duration crew on Space Station Mir. The flight delivered Aleksandr Aleksandrov to EO-2 and allowed Alexandr Laveykin to come home early. The flight marked the first time a Syrian flew to space.
Nations
Russia
Russia
USSR
USSR
Syria
Syria
Agencies
CCCP
CCCP
Roscosmos
Roscosmos
Crafts
Soyuz
Soyuz
Soyuz is a human carrier capsule built and operated by Russia that can take up to three people to the Space Station at a time. It has been upgraded many times since its first use in the 1960s for the Soviet lunar program and was the only crew vehicle for the Station from 2011 to 2020.