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MIR: Expedition 21
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| No.: | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Nation: | |||
| Surname: | Onufriyenko | Usachyov | Lucid |
| Given names: | Yuri Ivanovich | Yuri Vladimirovich | Matilda Shannon Wells |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer | Research Cosmonaut |
| Spacecraft (Launch): | Soyuz TM-23 | Soyuz TM-23 | STS-76 |
| Launch date: | 21.02.1996 | 21.02.1996 | 22.03.1996 |
| Launchtime: | 12:34 UT | 12:34 UT | 08:13 UT |
| Spacecraft (Landing): | Soyuz TM-23 | Soyuz TM-23 | STS-79 |
| Landingdate: | 02.09.1996 | 02.09.1996 | 26.09.1996 |
| Landingtime: | 07:41 UT | 07:41 UT | 12:13 UT |
| Mission duration: | 193d 19h 07m | 193d 19h 07m | 188d 04h 00m |
| Orbits: | 3066 | 3066 | 2977 |
| No.: | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Nation: | |||
| Surname: | Tsibliyev | Lazutkin | Blaha |
| Given names: | Vasili Vasiliyevich | Aleksandr Ivanovich | John Elmer |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer | Research Cosmonaut |
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Launch from Baikonur; landing 107 km southwest
of Akmola. Docking on MIR spacestation; both cosmonauts became the 21st resident crew after crew exchanging; both cosmonauts performed six EVAs on 15.03.1996 (5h 51m), 20.05.1996 (5h 20m), 24.05.1996 (5h 43m), 30.05.1996 (4h 20m), 06.06.1996 (3h 34m) and 13.06.1996 (5h 42m) carrying out following work: installation of the telescopic boom, the MSCA solar array, the multi-spectral scanner, exchanging materials samples and deploying of a radar antenna. Protein crystal growth experiments; more experiments in materials science using high temperture melting oven "Optizon"; module "Priroda" arrived on 26.04.1996; supplies arrived with cargo spacecraft Progress M-31; crew was visited by crew of STS-76 (24. - 29.03.1996); since that time (24.03.1996) U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid completed resident crew. |
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