Soyuz TM-16

{{Short description|1993 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Soyuz TM-16

| image =

| image_caption =

| insignia = Soyuz TM-16 patch.png

| mission_type =

| operator = Rosaviakosmos

| COSPAR_ID = 1993-005A

| SATCAT =

| mission_duration = 179 days, 43 minutes, 45 seconds

| distance_travelled =

| orbits_completed = ~2,790

| spacecraft = Soyuz 7K-STM No. 101

| spacecraft_type = Soyuz-TM

| manufacturer = NPO Energia

| launch_mass = {{convert|7150|kg|lb}}

| landing_mass =

| launch_date = {{Start date text|24 January 1993, 05:58:05|timezone=yes}} UTC

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U2

| launch_site =

| landing_date = {{End date text|22 July 1993, 06:41:50|timezone=yes}} UTC

| landing_site = {{convert|140|km|mi}} S of Dzhezkazgan

| crew_size = 2 up
3 down

| crew_members = Gennadi Manakov
Alexander Poleshchuk

| crew_landing = Jean-Pierre Haigneré

| crew_callsign = Вулка́н (Vulkan - Volcano)

| crew_photo =

| crew_photo_caption =

| orbit_epoch =

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|393|km|mi}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|394|km|mi}}

| orbit_inclination = 51.6 degrees

| orbit_period =

| apsis = gee

| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = Mir

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port =

| docking_date = 26 January 1993, 07:31:17 UTC

| undocking_date = 22 July 1993, 3:00:30 UTC

| time_docked =

}}

| previous_mission = Soyuz TM-15

| next_mission = Soyuz TM-17

| programme = Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

}}

Soyuz TM-16 was the sixteenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.The mission report is available here:http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm16.htm

The Soyuz-TM crew transports (T - транспортный - Transportnyi - meaning transport, M - модифицированный - Modifitsirovannyi- meaning modified) were fourth generation (1986–2002) Soyuz spacecraft used for ferry flights to the Mir and ISS space stations. It added to the Soyuz-T new docking and rendezvous, radio communications, emergency and integrated parachute/landing engine systems. The new Kurs rendezvous and docking system permitted the Soyuz-TM to maneuver independently of the station, without the station making "mirror image" maneuvers to match unwanted translations introduced by earlier models' aft-mounted attitude control.