Resident Crews of the MIR
MIR: Expedition 25
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Crew, launch- and landing data
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| Surname: | Musabayev | Budarin | Thomas |
| Given names: | Talgat Amangeldyyevich | Nikolai Mikhailovich | Andrew Sydney Withiel |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer | Research Cosmonaut |
| Spacecraft (Launch): | Soyuz TM-27 | Soyuz TM-27 | STS-89 |
| Launch date: | 29.01.1998 | 29.01.1998 | 23.01.1998 |
| Launchtime: | 16:33 UT | 16:33 UT | 02:48 UT |
| Spacecraft (Landing): | Soyuz TM-27 | Soyuz TM-27 | STS-91 |
| Landingdate: | 25.08.1998 | 25.08.1998 | 12.06.1998 |
| Landingtime: | 05:24 UT | 05:24 UT | 18:01 UT |
| Mission duration: | 207d 12h 51m | 207d 12h 51m | 140d 15h 13m |
| Orbits: | 3284 | 3284 | 2213 |
Backup Crew
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| Surname: | Afanasiyev | Treshchyov | Voss |
| Given names: | Viktor Mikhailovich | Sergei Yevgeniyevich | James Shelton |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer | Research Cosmonaut |
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Expedition Report
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Launch from Baikonur; landing 40 km southeast
of Dzhezkasgan. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 31.01.1998. Musabayev and Budarin together with astronaut Andy Thomas became the 25th resident crew of MIR. First in the focus was the French mission "PEGASE". The crew worked on common scientific experiments. A planned EVA of Musabayev and Budarin on 03.03.1998 was cancelled, because the hatch could not be opened and all wrenches broke. Later five EVAs by both cosmonauts on 01.04.1998 (6h 40m), 06.04.1998 (4h 23m), 11.04.1998 (6h 25m), 17.04.1998 (6h 32m), 22.04.1998 (6h 21m). They repaired the damaged Spektr solar panel and installed the new VDU station orientation engine into the Sofora boom. Meanwhile the crew unloaded the unmanned transporters Progress M-38 und M-39. On June 04, 1998 the Discovery (STS-91) docked with the MIR. With this mission the US crew member Andrew Thomas returned to Earth. Common work with the visiting crew of STS-91 (04. - 08.06.1998). |
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