| 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 | |||
| Length: 5 hours 18 minutes | |||
| Start: 17:03 GMT | |||
| End: 22:21 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 5 hours 33 minutes | |||
| Start: 10:59 GMT | |||
| End: 16:32 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 6 hours 20 minutes | |||
| Start: 09:00 GMT | |||
| End: 15:20 GMT | |||
| 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 - 26, 1991 | |||
| Length: 3 hours 34 minutes | |||
| Start: 20:29 GMT (April 25) | |||
| End: 00:03 GMT (April 26) | |||
| 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 - 25, 1991 | |||
| Length: 4 hours 58 minutes | |||
| Start: 21:11 GMT (June 24) | |||
| End: 02:09 GMT (June 25) | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 3 hours 24 minutes | |||
| Start: 19:02 GMT | |||
| End: 22:26 GMT | |||
| Mir EO-09 Spacewalk 3 | Artsebarsky and Krikalyov prepared the worksite for the Sofora truss assembly. | ||
| July 15, 1991 | |||
| Length: 5 hours 56 minutes | |||
| Start: 11:45 GMT | |||
| End: 17:41 GMT | |||
| Mir EO-09 Spacewalk 4 | Artsebarsky and Krikalyov assembled three Sofora truss segments to start the Sofora truss assembly. | ||
| July 19, 1991 | |||
| Length: 5 hours 28 minutes | |||
| Start: 11:10 GMT | |||
| End: 16:38 GMT | |||
| Mir EO-09 Spacewalk 5 | Artsebarsky and Krikalyov continued the Sofora truss assembly by assembling eleven more segments. | ||
| July 23, 1991 | |||
| Length: 5 hours 42 minutes | |||
| Start: 09:15 GMT | |||
| End: 14:57 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 6 hours 49 minutes | |||
| Start: 08:44 GMT | |||
| End: 08:44 GMT | |||
| 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 - 21, 1992 | |||
| Length: 4 hours 12 minutes | |||
| Start: 20:09 GMT (Feb. 20) | |||
| End: 00:21 GMT (Feb. 21) | |||
| 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) |
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| 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 | |||
| Length: 2 hours 3 minutes | |||
| Start: 12:38 GMT | |||
| End: 14:41 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 3 hour 56 minutes | |||
| Start: 13:32 GMT | |||
| End: 17:28 GMT | |||
| Mir EO-12 Spacewalk 2 | Soloviyov and Avdeyev installed the VDU propulsion unit at the end of the Sofora boom. | ||
| September 7, 1992 | |||
| Length: 5 hours 8 minutes | |||
| Start: 11:47 GMT | |||
| End: 16:55 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 5 hours 44 minutes | |||
| Start: 10:06 GMT | |||
| End: 15:50 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 3 hours 33 minutes | |||
| Start: 07:49 GMT | |||
| End: 11:22 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 5 hours 25 minutes | |||
| Start: 17:15 GMT | |||
| End: 22:40 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 4 hours 33 minutes | |||
| Start: 17:25 GMT | |||
| End: 21:58 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 4 hours 18 minutes | |||
| Start: 05:57 GMT | |||
| End: 10:16 GMT | |||
| Mir EO-14 Spacewalk 2 | Tsibliyev and Serebrov installed the Rapana truss. | ||
| September 20, 1993 | |||
| Length: 3 hours 14 minutes | |||
| Start: 03:51 GMT | |||
| End: 07:05 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 1 hour 52 minutes | |||
| Start: 00:57 GMT | |||
| End: 02:48 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 38 minutes | |||
| Start: 15:47 GMT | |||
| End: 16:25 GMT | |||
| 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 | |||
| Length: 4 hours 12 minutes | |||
| Start: 13:38 GMT | |||
| End: 17:50 GMT | |||
| 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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