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Soyuz-TM 11 December 2, 1990-May 26, 1991
Launch crew—Viktor Afanasyev, Musa Manarov, Toyohiro Akiyama/Japan
Crew code name—Derbent

Landing crew—Viktor Afanasyev, Musa Manarov, Helen Sharman/Britain
Crew code name—Derbent
Spent 175 days docked to Mir. Its launch shroud and Soyuz booster were painted with the Japanese flag and advertisements. A camera inside the descent module filmed the cosmonauts during ascent for Akiyama’s network.

Soyuz-TM 12 May 18-October 10, 1991
Launch crew—Anatoli Artsebarksi, Sergei Krikalev, Helen Sharman/Britain
Crew code name—Ozon

Landing crew—Anatoli Artsebarski, Toktar Aubakirov/Kazakhstan, Viehboeck/Austria
Crew code name—Ozon

Spent 144 days docked to Mir. While it was in orbit, the failed coup d’etat against Mikhail Gorbachev rocked the Soviet Union, setting in motion events which led to the end of the Soviet Union on January 1, 1992.

Soyuz-TM 13 October 2, 1991-March 25, 1992
Launch crew—Alexandr Volkov, Toktar Aubakirov/Kazakhstan, Franz Viehboeck/Austria
Crew code name—Donbass

Landing crew—Alexandr Volkov, Sergei Krikalev, Klaus-Dietrich Flade/Germany
Crew code name—Donbass

Spent 175 days docked to Mir. Krikalev launched from the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, and landed in independent Kazakhstan.

Soyuz-TM 14 March 17-August 10, 1992
Launch crew—Alexandr Viktorenko, Alexandr Kaleri, Klaus-Dietrich Flade/Germany
Crew code name—Vityaz

Landing crew—Alexandr Viktorenko, Alexandr Kaleri, Michel Tognini/France
Crew code name—Vityaz

Suffered a landing system malfunction, causing its descent module to turn over. It came to rest upside down, trapping its occupants inside until it could be righted.