Soyuz TM-3

Soyuz TM-3 was the third crewed spaceflight to visit the Soviet space station Mir, following Soyuz T-15 and Soyuz TM-2. It was launched in July 1987, during the long duration expedition Mir EO-2, and acted as a lifeboat for the second segment of that expedition. There were three people aboard the spacecraft at launch, including the two man crew of the week-long mission Mir EP-1, consisting of Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr Viktorenko and Syrian Muhammed Faris. Faris was the first Syrian to travel to space, and as of July 2025, the only one. The third cosmonaut launched was Aleksandr Aleksandrov, who would replace one of the long duration crew members Aleksandr Laveykin of Mir EO-2. Laveykin had been diagnosed by ground-based doctors to have minor heart problems, so he returned to Earth with the EP-1 crew in Soyuz TM-2.

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human spaceflight, Soyuz-TM, Anatolii Levchenko, Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, low Earth orbit, Yury Romanenko, Muhammed Faris Al-Aqidi, Aleksandr Viktorenko, Soyuz-U2, 

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1987 Soyuz TM-3

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landing

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rocket launch

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Frameless

Joint Soviet-Syrian space flight July 22-30, 1987, as part of the Intercosmos project, USSR postage stamp, 1987

1987 CPA 5856 (1)

1987 CPA 5854

Почтовая марка СССР № 5855. 1987. Советско-сирийский космический полёт

1987 CPA 5855

1987 CPA 5856

Ignition key of Soyuz TM-3 launcher (28284177449)

Ignition key of Soyuz TM-3 launcher (28284177249)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Joint Soviet-Syrian space flight July 22-30, 1987, as part of the Intercosmos project, USSR postage stamp, 1987		Commons
commons	image		1987 CPA 5856 (1)		Commons
commons	image		1987 CPA 5854		Commons
commons	image		Почтовая марка СССР № 5855. 1987. Советско-сирийский космический полёт		Commons
commons	image		1987 CPA 5855		Commons
commons	image		1987 CPA 5856		Commons
commons	image		Ignition key of Soyuz TM-3 launcher (28284177449)		Commons
commons	image		Ignition key of Soyuz TM-3 launcher (28284177249)		Commons