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{{Short description|1992 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name               = Soyuz TM-15
| image              = 
| image_caption      = 
| insignia           = Soyuz TM-15 patch.png
| mission_type       = 
| operator           = Rosaviakosmos
| COSPAR_ID          = 1992-046A
| SATCAT             = 
| mission_duration   = 188&nbsp;days, 21&nbsp;hours, 41&nbsp;minutes, 15&nbsp;seconds
| distance_travelled = 
| orbits_completed   = ~3,070
| spacecraft         = Soyuz 7K-STM No. 65
| spacecraft_type    = [[Engineering:Soyuz-TM|Soyuz-TM]]
| manufacturer       = NPO Energia
| launch_mass        = {{convert|7150|kg|lb}}
| landing_mass       = 
| launch_date        = {{start-date|July 27, 1992, 06:08:42|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC
| launch_rocket      = [[Engineering:Soyuz-U2|Soyuz-U2]]
| launch_site        = 
| landing_date       = {{end-date|February 1, 1993, 03:49:57|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC
| landing_site       = near Dzhezkazgan
| crew_size          = 3 up<br/>2 down
| crew_members       = [[Biography:Anatoly Solovyev|Anatoly Solovyev]]<br/>Sergei Avdeyev
| crew_launching     = Michel Tognini
| crew_callsign      = Rodnik (Spring)
| crew_photo         = 
| crew_photo_caption = 
| orbit_epoch        = 
| orbit_reference    = [[Astronomy:Geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime       = [[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
| orbit_periapsis    = {{convert|196|km|mi}}
| orbit_apoapsis     = {{convert|216|km|mi}}
| orbit_inclination  = 51.6&nbsp;degrees
| orbit_period       = 
| apsis              = gee
| docking            = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
   | docking_target     = [[Astronomy:Mir|Mir]]
   | docking_type       = dock
   | docking_port       = 
   | docking_date       = July 29, 1992, 07:49:05 UTC
   | undocking_date     = February 1, 1993, 00:19:47 UTC
   | time_docked        = 
 }}
| previous_mission   = [[Engineering:Soyuz TM-14|Soyuz TM-14]]
| next_mission       = [[Engineering:Soyuz TM-16|Soyuz TM-16]]
| programme          = [[Engineering:Soyuz programme|Soyuz programme]]<br/><small>(Crewed missions)</small>
}}

'''Soyuz TM-15''' was the 15th expedition to the [[Astronomy:Mir|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>{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/s/soyuztm-15.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726115920/http://www.astronautix.com/s/soyuztm-15.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2016|title=Soyuz TM-15|publisher=Astronautix.com|access-date=2017-11-22}}</ref>

==Crew==
{{Spaceflight crew
|position1       = Commander
|crew1_up        = {{flagicon|RUS| 1991}}&nbsp;[[Biography:Anatoly Solovyev|Anatoly Solovyev]]
|flights1_up     = Third
|position2       = Flight Engineer
|crew2_up        = {{flagicon|RUS| 1991}}&nbsp;Sergei Avdeyev
|flights2_up     = First
|position3       = Research Cosmonaut
|crew3_up        = {{flagicon|FRA}}&nbsp;Michel Tognini
|flights3_up     = First
|crew3_down      = None
}}

==Mission highlights==

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

==References==
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