Resident Crews of the MIR

MIR: Expedition 22
(EO-22)

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Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2 3 4 5
Nation:
Surname:  Korzun  Kaleri  Lucid  Blaha  Linenger
Given names:  Valeri Grigoriyevich  Aleksandr Yuriyevich  Shannon Matilda Wells  John Elmer  Jerry Michael
Position:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Research Cosmonaut  Research Cosmonaut  Research Cosmonaut
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz TM-24  Soyuz TM-24  STS-76  STS-79  STS-81
Launch date:  17.08.1996  17.08.1996  22.03.1996  16.09.1996  12.01.1997
Launchtime:  13:18 UTC  13:18 UTC  08:13 UTC  08:54 UTC  09:27 UTC
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz TM-24  Soyuz TM-24  STS-79  STS-81  STS-84
Landingdate:  02.03.1997  02.03.1997  26.09.1996  22.01.1997  24.05.1997
Landingtime:  06:44 UTC  06:44 UTC  12:13 UTC  14:23 UTC  13:28 UTC
Mission duration:  196d 17h 26m  196d 17h 26m  188d 04h 00m  128d 05h 28m  132d 04h 01m
Orbits:  3113  3113  2977  2027  2091

Backup Crew

No.: 1 2 3 4 5
Nation:
Surname:      Blaha  Linenger  Foale
Given names:      John Elmer  Jerry Michael  Colin Michael
Position:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Research Cosmonaut  Research Cosmonaut  Research Cosmonaut

Expedition Report

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 128 km east of Dzheskasgan

The original prime crew (Gennadi Manakov and Pavel Vinogradov) was exchanged five days before launch due of medical problems of Gennadi Manakov.

Following a two day solo flight Soyuz TM-24 docked with the MIR space station on August 19, 1996. Valeri Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri became the 22nd resident crew (first together with Shannon Lucid, later John Blaha / Jerry Linenger).

The French mission CASSIOPÈE carried out physiological and neurological experiments. Some of these experiments were recorded for school lessons.

The scientific experiments of the crew were performed in biology, medicine, Earth observation and space technology. Protein Crystal Growth experiments in several apparatus were also part of the research work.

The resident crew was visited by STS-79 (September 19, - September 24, 1996), MIR97 and STS-81 (January 15, - January 20, 1997) crews.

EVAs were performed by Valeri Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri on December 02, 1996 (5h 57m) and December 09, 1996 (6h 36m) for external cable installation of the MSCA solar array.

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Last update on October 17, 2012.