Resident Crews of the MIR

MIR: Expedition 24
(EO-24)

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Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2 3 4 5
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation USA USA USA
Surname:  Soloviyov  Vinogradov  Foale  Wolf  Thomas
Given names:  Anatoli Yakovlevich  Pavel Vladimirovich  Colin Michael  David Alexander "Bluto"  Andrew Sydney Withiel
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Research Cosmonaut  Research Cosmonaut  Research Cosmonaut
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz TM-26  Soyuz TM-26  STS-84  STS-86  STS-89
Launch date:  05.08.1997  05.08.1997  15.05.1997  26.09.1997  23.01.1998
Launchtime:  15:35 UT  15:35 UT  08:07 UT  02:34 UT  02:48 UT
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz TM-26  Soyuz TM-26  STS-86  STS-89  STS-91
Landingdate:  19.02.1998  19.02.1998  06.10.1997  31.01.1998  12.06.1998
Landingtime:  09:10 UT  09:10 UT  21:56 UT  22:36 UT  18:01 UT
Mission duration:  197d 17h 34m  197d 17h 34m  144d 13h 48m  127d 20h 02m  140d 15h 13m
Orbits:  3128  3128  2291  2022  2213

Backup Crew

No.: 1 2 3 4 5
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation USA USA USA
Surname:  Padalka  Avdeyev  Voss  Wolf  Voss
Given names:  Gennadi Ivanovich  Sergei Vasiliyevich  James Shelton  David Alexander "Bluto"  James Shelton
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Research Cosmonaut  Research Cosmonaut  Research Cosmonaut

Expedition Report

Launch from Baikonur; landing 30 km southeast of Arkalyk.

Docking on MIR spacestation; both cosmonauts and Mike Foale became the 24th resident crew; EVA by Soloviyov and Vinogradov at 22.08.1997 (3h 16m) into the module Spektr to connect new cables and mount a hatch; EVA by Soloviyov and Foale on 06.09.1997 (7h 0m) for more repairing work; main computer was exchanged during docking of STS-86; both cosmonauts performed EVA's on 20.10.1997 (6h 38m), 03.11.1997 (6h 04m) and 06.11.1997 (6h 12m) into the module Spektr; hatch was repaired during an EVA on 08.01.1998 (3h 06m) by both cosmonauts.

Soloviyov and new reasearch cosmonaut Dave Wolf (replaced Foale) performed another EVA on 14.01.1998 (3h 52m) to inspect the station interior.

Common work with the visiting crews of STS-86 (27.09. - 03.10.1997) and STS-89 (24. - 29.01.1998).

Photos / Drawings

MIR since 07.05.1996 EVA Soloviyov and Vinogradov

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