Resident Crews of the MIR

MIR: Expedition 19
(EO-19)

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Crew MIR-19

Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation
Surname:  Soloviyov  Budarin
Given names:  Anatoli Yakovlevich  Nikolai Mikhailovich
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer
Spacecraft (Launch):  STS-71  STS-71
Launch date:  27.06.1995  27.06.1995
Launchtime:  19:32 UT  19:32 UT
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz TM-21  Soyuz TM-21
Landingdate:  11.09.1995  11.09.1995
Landingtime:  06:52 UT  06:52 UT
Mission duration:  75d 11h 20m  75d 11h 20m
Orbits:  1194  1194

Backup Crew

No.: 1 2
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation
Surname:  Onufriyenko  Poleshchuk
Given names:  Yuri Ivanovich  Aleksandr Fyodorovich
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer

Expedition Report

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC).

First docking-maneuver between an U.S. and a Russian spacecraft since 20 years; after docking Atlantis on MIR, the crews visited each other and performed joint research work in the Spacelab and in MIR; MIR resident crew exchanged; Soloviyov and Budarin became the 19th resident crew; both cosmonauts performed three EVAs on 14.07.1995 (5h 34m), 19.07.1995 (3h 08m) and 21.07.1995 (5h 50m).

Photos / Drawings

MIR since 02.06.1995 STS-71 launch

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