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Total EVAs: | 2 | ||
Total EVA time: | 10h 12m |
No. | Date | Together with | Time | Main tasks and notes |
1 | 09.12.1988 | J.-L. Chrétien | 6h 00m |
Mounting of
ERA, exchange of experiments |
2 | 20.02.1992 | S. Krikalyov | 4h 12m |
Dismantle platform, recovery of
experiments |
Russia and the U.S. define
EVA
differently. Russian cosmonauts are said to perform
EVA
any time they are in vacuum in a space suit. A U.S. astronaut must have at
least his head outside his spacecraft before he is said to perform an
EVA. |