Resident Crews of the MIR

MIR: Expedition 17
(EO-17)

 Patch MIR-17

Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2 3
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation Russian Federation
Surname:  Viktorenko  Kondakova  Polyakov
Given name:  Aleksandr Stepanovich  Yelena Vladimirovna  Valeri Vladimirovich
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Doctor Cosmonaut
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz TM-20  Soyuz TM-20  Soyuz TM-18
Launch date:  03.10.1994  03.10.1994  08.01.1994
Launchtime:  22:42 UT  22:42 UT  10:05 UT
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz TM-20  Soyuz TM-20  Soyuz TM-20
Landingdate:  22.03.1995  22.03.1995  22.03.1995
Landingtime:  04:04 UT  04:04 UT  04:04 UT
Mission duration:  169d 05h 21m  169d 05h 21m  437d 17h 58m
Orbits:  2677  2677  6927

Expedition Report

Launch from Baikonur; landing 54 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Docking on MIR spacestation; exchange of resident crew partly; Viktorenko, Kondakova and long-term cosmonaut Polyakov became 17th resident crew of the station; scientific research program to test organism in weightlessness and long duration missions; when crew landed, Polyakov was onboard and is now world record holder (438 days in space in one flight).

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