MIR: Expedition 8
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| No.: | 1 | 2 |
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| Surname: | Afanasiyev | Manarov |
| Given names: | Viktor Mikhailovich | Musa Khiromanovich |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
| Spacecraft (Launch): | Soyuz TM-11 | Soyuz TM-11 |
| Launch date: | 02.12.1990 | 02.12.1990 |
| Launchtime: | 09:13 UT | 09:13 UT |
| Spacecraft (Landing): | Soyuz TM-11 | Soyuz TM-11 |
| Landingdate: | 26.05.1991 | 26.05.1991 |
| Landingtime: | 10:04 UT | 10:04 UT |
| Mission duration: | 175d 01h 50m | 175d 01h 50m |
| Orbits: | 2770 | 2770 |
| No.: | 1 | 2 |
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| Surname: | Artsebarsky | Krikalyov |
| Given names: | Anatoli Pavlovich | Sergei Konstantinovich |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
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Launch from Baikonur; landing 68 km southeast of
Dzheskasgan. First commercial flight with a paying passenger; the private Japanese television company paid 28 million dollar; docking on Soyuz TM-10-Kvant1-MIR-Kristall-Kvant2 complex; Akiyama made daily TV-broadcast; scientific work with seventh resident crew of the station. Then Afanasiyev and Manarov became the eighth resident crew; both cosmonauts performed four EVAs on 07.01. (5h 18m), 23.01. (5h 33m), 26.01. (6h 20m) and 25.04.1991 (3h 34m); during the EVA's they completed the repair of the Kvant-hatch, installed the Strela boom and solar array supports on MIR, and finally inspected the Kurs docking system antenna. |
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