Resident Crews of the MIR

MIR: Expedition 12
(EO-12)

Crew MIR-12

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Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation
Surname:  Soloviyov  Avdeyev
Given names:  Anatoli Yakovlevich  Sergei Vasiliyevich
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz TM-15  Soyuz TM-15
Launch date:  27.07.1992  27.07.1992
Launchtime:  06:08 UT  06:08 UT
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz TM-15  Soyuz TM-15
Landingdate:  01.02.1993  01.02.1993
Landingtime:  03:49 UT  03:49 UT
Mission duration:  188d 21h 41m  188d 21h 41m
Orbits:  2989  2989

Backup Crew

No.: 1 2
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation
Surname:  Manakov  Poleshchuk
Given names:  Gennadi Mikhailovich  Aleksandr Fyodorovich
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer

Crew MIR-12 (backup)

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Expedition Report

Launch from Baikonur; landing 100 km northwest of Arkalyk.

Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 29.07.1992. First there have been joint work with the eleventh resident crew. Soloviyov and Avdeyev became then the twelfth MIR resident crew

Both cosmonauts performed four EVAs on 03.09.1992 (3h 56m), 07.09.1992 (5h 08m), 11.09.1992 (5h 44m) and 15.09.1992 (3h 33m), to install the VDU thruster pod on the Sofora girder and to install the Kurs docking system antenna on the Kristall module.

Photos / Drawings

MIR since 10.06.1990 Soyuz TM-15 on the launch pad
Soyuz TM-15 launch  

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