Spacewalks from Mir (1991 - 1993)

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-08 Crew
Soyuz TM-11 Launch: December 2, 1990 Soyuz TM-11 Docking: December 4, 1990
Soyuz TM-11 Undocking: May 26, 1991 Soyuz TM-11 Landing: May 26, 1991
Spacewalkers: Viktor Afanasiyev (Mir EO-08 Crew) <> Musa Manarov (Mir EO-08 Crew)
Mir EO-08 Crew: CDR Viktor Afanasiyev <> FE Musa Manarov
Mir EO-08 Spacewalk 1 Afanasiyev and Manarov replaced the broken hinge on Kvant 2's airlock hatch, and exited the airlock to place equipment for the transfer of Kristall's solar arrays to the Kvant 1 module.
January 7, 1991
5 hours 18 minutes
Mir EO-08 Spacewalk 2 Afanasiyev and Manarov installed a Strela crane for the solar array transfer. The Strela crane would also be used for moving cosmonauts and equipment around Mir's exterior and act as a mobile handrail.
January 23, 1991
5 hours 33 minutes
Mir EO-08 Spacewalk 3 Afanasiyev and Manarov installed two support structures on the Kvant 1 module for Kristall's solar arrays.
January 26, 1991
6 hours 20 minutes
Mir EO-08 Spacewalk 4 Afanasiyev and Manarov inspected a damaged Kurs antenna on the Kvant 1 module. One parabolic dish was missing, apparently knocked off by an accidental kick during the January 26 spacewalk.
April 25, 1991
2 hours 25 minutes
Hosted the Kosmoreporter Mission
Kosmoreporter Launch: December 2, 1990 Kosmoreporter Docking: December 4, 1990
Kosmoreporter Undocking: December 10, 1990 Kosmoreporter Landing: December 10, 1990
Kosmoreporter Mission: Toyohiro Akiyama (Japan) (Down - Soyuz TM-10)

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-09 Crew
Soyuz TM-12 Launch: May 18, 1991 Soyuz TM-12 Docking: May 20, 1991
Soyuz TM-12 Undocking: October 9, 1991 Soyuz TM-12 Landing: October 10, 1991
Soyuz TM-13 Undocking: March 25, 1992 Soyuz TM-13 Landing: March 25, 1992
Spacewalkers: Anatoli Artsebarsky (Mir EO-09 Crew) <> Sergei Krikalyov (Mir EO-09 Crew)
Mir EO-09 Crew: CDR Anatoli Artsebarsky <> FE Sergei Krikalyov (Down - Soyuz TM-13)
Mir EO-09 Spacewalk 1 Artsebarsky and Krikalyov replaced a damaged Kurs antenna on the Kvant 1 module, and tested a new joint ahead of the assembly of the Sofora truss.
June 24, 1991
4 hours 48 minutes
Mir EO-09 Spacewalk 2 Artsebarsky and Krikalyov attached the American TREK cosmic ray experiment to the exterior of the Kvant 1 module.
June 28, 1991
3 hours 24 minutes
Mir EO-09 Spacewalk 3 Artsebarsky and Krikalyov prepared the worksite for the Sofora truss assembly.
July 15, 1991
5 hours 45 minutes
Mir EO-09 Spacewalk 4 Artsebarsky and Krikalyov assembled three Sofora truss segments to start the Sofora truss assembly.
July 19, 1991
5 hours 28 minutes
Mir EO-09 Spacewalk 5 Artsebarsky and Krikalyov continued the Sofora truss assembly by assembling eleven more segments.
July 23, 1991
5 hours 34 minutes
Mir EO-09 Spacewalk 6 Artsebarsky and Krikalyov completed the Sofora truss assembly by assembling the final three segments and attaching the truss on its mounting base on the Kvant 1 module.
July 27, 1991
6 hours 49 minutes
Hosted the Juno Mission
Juno Launch: May 18, 1991 Juno Docking: May 20, 1991
Juno Undocking: May 26, 1991 Juno Landing: May 26, 1991
Juno Mission: Helen Sharman (Great Britain) (Down - Soyuz TM-11)

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-10 Crew
Soyuz TM-12 Launch: May 18, 1991 Soyuz TM-12 Docking: May 20, 1991
Soyuz TM-13 Launch: October 2, 1991 Soyuz TM-13 Docking: October 4, 1991
Soyuz TM-13 Undocking: March 25, 1992 Soyuz TM-13 Landing: March 25, 1992
Spacewalkers: Aleksandr Volkov (Mir EO-10 Crew) <> Sergei Krikalyov (Mir EO-10 Crew)
Mir EO-10 Crew: CDR Aleksandr Volkov <> FE Sergei Krikalyov (Up - Soyuz TM-12)
Mir EO-10 Spacewalk 1 Volkov and Krikalyov performed miscellaneous maintenance tasks that included cleaning cameras, removing Sofora assembly equipment and collecting an experimental solar array section installed in 1988.
February 20, 1992
4 hours 12 minutes
Hosted the Austromir Mission
Austromir Launch: October 2, 1991 Austromir Docking: October 4, 1991
Austromir Undocking: October 9, 1991 Austromir Landing: October 10, 1991
Austromir Mission: Toktar Aubakirov (Kazakhstan) (Down - Soyuz TM-12) <>
Franz Viehböck (Austria) (Down - Soyuz TM-12)

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-11 Crew
Soyuz TM-14 Launch: March 17, 1992 Soyuz TM-14 Docking: March 19, 1992
Soyuz TM-14 Undocking: August 9, 1992 Soyuz TM-14 Landing: August 10, 1992
Spacewalkers: Aleksandr Viktorenko (Mir EO-11 Crew) <> Aleksandr Kaleri (Mir EO-11 Crew)
Mir EO-11 Crew: CDR Aleksandr Viktorenko <> FE Aleksandr Kaleri
Mir EO-11 Spacewalk 1 Viktorenko and Kaleri inspected the Kvant 2 gyrodynes and evaluated the difficulty of gyrodyne repair.
July 8, 1992
2 hours 3 minutes
Hosted the Mir '92 Mission
Mir '92 Launch: March 17, 1992 Mir '92 Docking: March 19, 1992
Mir '92 Undocking: March 25, 1992 Mir '92 Landing: March 25, 1992
Mir '92 Mission: Klaus-Dietrich Flade (Germany) (Down - Soyuz TM-13)

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-12 Crew
Soyuz TM-15 Launch: July 27, 1992 Soyuz TM-15 Docking: July 29, 1992
Soyuz TM-15 Undocking: February 1, 1993 Soyuz TM-15 Landing: February 1, 1993
Spacewalkers: Anatoli Soloviyov (Mir EO-12 Crew) <> Sergei Avdeyev (Mir EO-12 Crew)
Mir EO-12 Crew: CDR Anatoli Soloviyov <> FE Sergei Avdeyev
Mir EO-12 Spacewalk 1 Soloviyov and Avdeyev prepared the worksite for the VDU propulsion unit installation.
September 3, 1992
3 hour 56 minutes
Mir EO-12 Spacewalk 2 Soloviyov and Avdeyev installed the VDU propulsion unit at the end of the Sofora boom.
September 7, 1992
5 hours 8 minutes
Mir EO-12 Spacewalk 3 Soloviyov and Avdeyev unlatched the VDU propulsion unit from the Progress M-14 spacecraft and finished connections to the Sofora boom.
September 11, 1992
5 hours 44 minutes
Mir EO-12 Spacewalk 4 Soloviyov and Avdeyev retrieved space exposure samples, and moved the Kurs docking antenna on Kristall to permit Soyuz TM-16 to dock with the Kristall docking unit, certifying the unit ahead of the planned dockings of the American Space Shuttles.
September 15, 1992
3 hours 33 minutes
Hosted the Antares Mission
Antares Launch: July 27, 1992 Antares Docking: July 29, 1992
Antares Undocking: August 9, 1992 Antares Landing: August 10, 1992
Antares Mission: Michel Ange-Charles Tognini (France) (Down - Soyuz TM-14)

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-13 Crew
Soyuz TM-16 Launch: January 24, 1993 Soyuz TM-16 Docking: January 26, 1993
Soyuz TM-16 Undocking: July 22, 1993 Soyuz TM-16 Landing: July 22, 1993
Spacewalkers: Gennadi Manakov <> Aleksandr Poleshchuk
Mir EO-13 Crew: CDR Gennadi Manakov <> FE Aleksandr Poleshchuk
Mir EO-13 Spacewalk 1 Manakov and Poleshchuk installed the first solar array drive for the Kristall arrays on the Kvant 1 module. It was discovered that one of Strela's control handles had come off and floated away from Mir.
April 19, 1993
5 hours 33 minutes
Mir EO-13 Spacewalk 2 Manakov and Poleshchuk installed the second solar array drive for the Kristall arrays on the Kvant 1 module after replacing a control handle on the Strela boom.
June 18, 1993
4 hours 33 minutes

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-14 Crew
Soyuz TM-17 Launch: July 1, 1993 Soyuz TM-17 Docking: July 3, 1993
Soyuz TM-17 Undocking: January 14, 1994 Soyuz TM-17 Landing: January 14, 1994
Spacewalkers: Vasili Tsibliyev (Mir EO-14 Crew) <> Aleksandr Serebrov (Mir EO-14 Crew)
Mir EO-14 Crew: CDR Vasili Tsibliyev <> FE Aleksandr Serebrov
Mir EO-14 Spacewalk 1 Tsibliyev and Serebrov prepared the worksite for assembly of the Rapana truss.
September 16, 1993
4 hours 18 minutes
Mir EO-14 Spacewalk 2 Tsibliyev and Serebrov installed the Rapana truss.
September 20, 1993
3 hours 14 minutes
Mir EO-14 Spacewalk 3 Tsibliyev and Serebrov started the Panorama survey to document the exterior condition of Mir. However, Tsibliyev had problems with his spacesuit, cutting the spacewalk short. Serebrov retrieved the TREK detector plates.
September 28, 1993
1 hour 52 minutes
Mir EO-14 Spacewalk 4 Tsibliyev and Serebrov continued the Panorama survey. However, Serebrov's spacesuit had problems, cutting the spacewalk short again. Before going inside, they retrieved space exposure experiments.
October 22, 1993
38 minutes
Mir EO-14 Spacewalk 5 Tsibliyev and Serebrov finished the Panorama survey after tossing the problematic spacesuit into space. They also performed miscellaneous tasks.
October 29, 1993
4 hours 12 minutes
Hosted the Altaïr Mission
Altaïr Launch: July 1, 1993 Altaïr Docking: July 3, 1993
Altaïr Undocking: July 22, 1993 Altaïr Landing: July 22, 1993
Altaïr Mission: Jean-Pierre Haigneré (France) (Down - Soyuz TM-16)

Key
CDR Commander
FE Flight Engineer

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