Soyuz TM-15

Soyuz TM-15 was the 15th expedition to the Mir space station.<ref>The full mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM15.htm</ref> It included spationaut Michel Tognini from France. The Soyuz TM-15 flight set what was then a new Soyuz spacecraft on orbit endurance record.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Mission highlights

Michel Tognini, passenger aboard Soyuz- TM 15, was the third Frenchman to visit a space station. He conducted ten experiments using 300 kg of equipment delivered by Progress-M flights. Tognini spent 2 weeks in space as part of ongoing space cooperation between Russia and France.