Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz TM-3 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 22 July 1987 01:59 UTC. It transported one member of Expedition 2, and two cosmonauts on a short stay to Mir. The Expedition 2 member was Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov. The other cosmonauts were Alexander Viktorenko and Muhammed Faris.