Soyuz TM-2

{{Short description|1987 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Mir}}

{{about|the spacecraft|the expedition which it launched|Mir EO-2}}

{{confused|Soyuz 2|Soyuz T-2|Soyuz TMA-2|Soyuz TMA-02M|Soyuz MS-02}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Soyuz TM-2

| image =

| image_caption =

| insignia = Soyuz TM-2 mission patch.jpg

| mission_type =

| operator =

| COSPAR_ID = 1987-013A

| SATCAT = 17482

| mission_duration = 174 days, 3 hours, 25 minutes, 56 seconds

| distance_travelled =

| orbits_completed = ~2,810

| spacecraft = Soyuz 7K-STM No. 52

| spacecraft_type = Soyuz-TM

| manufacturer = NPO Energia

| launch_mass = {{convert|7100|kg|lb}}

| landing_mass =

| launch_date = {{Start date text|5 February 1987, 21:38:16|timezone=yes}} UTC{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/flights/mireo2.htm|title=Mir EO-2|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=11 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409041745/http://astronautix.com/flights/mireo2.htm|archive-date=9 April 2007}}

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U2

| launch_site = Baikonur 1/5

| landing_date = {{End date text|30 July 1987, 01:04:12|timezone=yes}} UTC{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/flights/mirep1.htm|title=Mir EP-1|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=11 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129180139/http://astronautix.com/flights/mirep1.htm|archive-date=29 November 2010}}

| landing_site = {{convert|80|km|mi}} from Arkalyk

| crew_size = 2 up
3 down

| crew_members = Aleksandr Laveykin

| crew_launching = Yuri Romanenko

| crew_landing = Aleksandr Viktorenko
Muhammed Faris

| crew_callsign = Taimyr

| crew_photo =

| crew_photo_caption =

| orbit_epoch =

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|341|km|mi}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|365|km|mi}}

| orbit_inclination = 51.6 degrees

| orbit_period = 91.6 minutes

| apsis = gee

| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = Mir{{cite web |title=Soyuz TM-2 |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm2.htm |publisher=Spacefacts.de |access-date=21 March 2021}}

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port =

| docking_date = 7 February 1987, 23:27:40 UTC

| undocking_date = 29 July 1987, 20:44:00 UTC

| time_docked =

}}

| previous_mission = Soyuz T-15

| next_mission = Soyuz TM-3

| programme = Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

}}

Soyuz TM-2 was a crewed spaceflight to the Soviet space station Mir, which was uncrewed at the time. TM-2 was launched on February 5, 1987, and it was first crewed spaceflight of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft,{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/soyuztm.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020624022901/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/soyuztm.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2002|title=Soyuz TM|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=11 November 2010}} and the second crewed spaceflight to Mir (the first being Soyuz T-15). The crew of the long duration expedition, Mir EO-2, who were launched by TM-2 consisted of Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Aleksandr Laveykin.

The spacecraft remained docked to Mir, functioning as a lifeboat for the EO-2 crew, until July 1987 when it returned to Earth carrying Laveykin and the two man crew of Mir EP-1. Romanenko later returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-3 at the end of EO-2.