\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> December 21, 1987
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
\<COLOUR 1> FLIGHT TIME: \<COLOUR 0> Levchenko - 7 days 22 hr 5 min Titov, Manarov - 365 days 22 hr 39 min
\<COLOUR 1> CREW: \<COLOUR 0> Vladimir G Titov, Musa K Manarov, Anatoli S Levchenko
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USSR
\<COLOUR 1> HIGHLIGHTS: \<COLOUR 0> Titov and Manarov begin a marathon mission to Mir, in which they don't return to Earth for a year, in Soyuz TM-6, with TM-7's Chretien; Levchenko returns with Romanenko and Alexandrov in Soyuz TM-3.