MIR: Expedition 20
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| Surname: | Gidzenko | Avdeyev | Reiter |
| Given names: | Yuri Pavlovich | Sergei Vasiliyevich | Thomas Arthur |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer | Flight Engineer |
| Spacecraft (Launch): | Soyuz TM-22 | Soyuz TM-22 | Soyuz TM-22 |
| Launch date: | 03.09.1995 | 03.09.1995 | 03.09.1995 |
| Launchtime: | 09:00 UT | 09:00 UT | 09:00 UT |
| Spacecraft (Landing): | Soyuz TM-22 | Soyuz TM-22 | Soyuz TM-22 |
| Landingdate: | 29.02.1996 | 29.02.1996 | 29.02.1996 |
| Landingtime: | 10:42 UT | 10:42 UT | 10:42 UT |
| Mission duration: | 179d 01h 41m | 179d 01h 41m | 179d 01h 41m |
| Orbits: | 2833 | 2833 | 2833 |
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| Surname: | Manakov | Vinogradov | Fuglesang |
| Given names: | Gennadi Mikhailovich | Pavel Vladimirovich | Arne Christer |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer | Flight Engineer |
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Launch from Baikonur; landing 105 km northeast
of Arkalyk. Docking on MIR spacestation; crew became the 20th MIR resident crew; joint Russian-German research work; EVAs performed by Avdeyev and Reiter (first German performing a spacewalk) at 20.10.1995 (5h 16m), by Gidzenko and Avdeyev on 08.12.1995 (0h 29m) and Gidzenko and Reiter on 08.02.1996 (3h 06m); new instruments were installed; spaceflight took two month longer than planned due of missing money; longest space flight of a non-Russian to date. Common work with the crew of STS-74 (15. - 18.11.1995). |
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Last update on January 11, 2010.  |
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