Crew
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Vladimir Lyakhov Mir EP-3 Third spaceflight |
Vladimir Titov Mir EO-3 Third spaceflight |
| Research Doctor/Flight Engineer | Valeri Polyakov Mir EO-3 / Mir EO-4 First spaceflight |
Musa Manarov Mir EO-3 First spaceflight |
| Research Cosmonaut | Abdul Mohmand Mir EP-3 First spaceflight |
Jean-Loup Chrétien Mir Aragatz Second spaceflight |
Dr. Valeri Polyakov remained behind on Mir with cosmonauts Musa Manarov and Vladimir Titov when Mohmand and Lyakhov returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-5.
Its crew had a unique makeup, with a commander (Vladimir Lyakhov) who had been trained to fly a Soyuz-TM solo in the event a rescue ship needed to be sent to recover two cosmonauts from Mir, no flight engineer, and two inexperienced cosmonaut-researchers. One was Dr. Valeri Polyakov, who would remain aboard Mir with Titov and Manarov to monitor their health during the final months of their planned year-long stay. The other was Intercosmos cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand, from Afghanistan.
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