Resident Crews of the MIR

MIR: Expedition 23
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Crew MIR-23 + Ewald

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Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2 3 4
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation USA USA
Surname:  Tsibliyev  Lazutkin  Linenger  Foale
Given names:  Vasili Vasiliyevich  Aleksandr Ivanovich  Jerry Michael  Colin Michael
Position:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Research Cosmonaut  Research Cosmonaut
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz TM-25  Soyuz TM-25  STS-81  STS-84
Launch date:  10.02.1997  10.02.1997  12.01.1997  15.05.1997
Launchtime:  14:09 UTC  14:09 UTC  09:27 UTC  08:07 UTC
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz TM-25  Soyuz TM-25  STS-84  STS-86
Landingdate:  14.08.1997  14.08.1997  24.05.1997  06.10.1997
Landingtime:  12:17 UTC  12:17 UTC  13:28 UTC  21:56 UTC
Mission duration:  184d 22h 07m  184d 22h 07m  132d 04h 01m  144d 13h 48m
Orbits:  2926  2926  2091  2291

Backup Crew

No.: 1 2 3 4
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation USA USA
Surname:  Musabayev  Budarin  Foale  Voss
Given names:  Talgat Amangeldyyevich  Nikolai Mikhailovich  Colin Michael  James Shelton
Position:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Research Cosmonaut  Research Cosmonaut

Expedition Report

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 168 km southeast of Dzheskasgan.

Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 12.02.1997. Tsibliyev and Lazutkin became together with Jerry Linenger the 23rd MIR resident crew. The crew performed common scientific experiments together with Ewald during the mission EUROMIR 97.

On the 14th day a fire onboard the MIR happened. The cosmonauts were able to quench it. EVA by Tsibliyev and Linenger on 29.04.1997 (4h 48m) to mount and recovery of experiments. Later an oxygen cleaning aparature failed. The crew was visited by the STS 84 crew (17 - 22.05.1997).

Collision with a Progress freighter with a heavy damage of the Spektr module. Spares were brought with the Progress M-35 cargo spacecraft to the space station. Several more failures (energy, oxygen generators, heart problems of Commander Tsibliyev). The Soyuz landing rockets failed to fire on touchdown, so the crew performed one of the roughest landings in space history.

Drawings / Photos

MIR since 07.05.1996 onboard MIR
onboard MIR Ewald onboard MIR

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