Resident Crews of the MIR

MIR: Expedition 3
(EO-3)

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Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2 3
Nation: USSR USSR USSR
Surname:  Titov  Manarov  Polyakov
Given names:  Vladimir Georgiyevich  Musa Khiromanovich  Valeri Vladimirovich
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Research Doctor
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz TM-4  Soyuz TM-4  Soyuz TM-6
Launch date:  21.12.1987  21.12.1987  29.08.1988
Launchtime:  11:18 UT  11:18 UT  04:23 UT
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz TM-6  Soyuz TM-6  Soyuz TM-7
Landingdate:  21.12.1988  21.12.1988  27.04.1989
Landingtime:  09:57 UT  09:57 UT  02:57 UT
Mission duration:  365d 22h 38m  365d 22h 38m  240d 22h 34m
Orbits:  5790  3812  5790

Backup Crew

No.: 1 2 3
Nation: USSR USSR USSR
Surname:  Volkov  Kaleri  Arzamazov
Given names:  Aleksandr Aleksandrovich  Aleksandr Yuriyevich  German Semyonovich
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Research Doctor

Expedition Report

Launch from Baikonur; landing with Soyuz TM-6-spacecraft 80 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Docking on MIR; Titov and Manarov became third resident crew of MIR. Both performed three EVAs. First EVA on 26.02.1988 (4h 25m) replacing a segment on a solarcell. Second EVA on 30.06.1988 (5h 10m) in which the replacment of a detectorblock on the Kvant-1 module failed. New tolos were delivered to the station and with this the same work was then successful on 20.10.1988 (4h 12m).

In the first week of the mission they performed biological experiments (with onions and fishes for example) and installed the Aynur biological crystal growth apparatus, which they had delivered to the station, into Kvant-1. Titov and Manarov conducted part of an ongoing survey of galaxies and star groups in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum using the Glazar telescope on Kvant. The survey required photography with exposure times up to 8 min.

Other work included Earth obeservation and experiments on the fields of materials sciences, meteorology, space technology, physiology, psychology, medical sciences and astronomical research, using the Marija-reasearch apparatus.

With the arrive of Soyuz TM-6 crew Valeri Polyakov became an additional resident crew-member. He was a medical doctor and in the following time medical experiments were more intensive.

All in all the crew performed more than 2000 experiments.

Photos / Drawings

MIR since 31.03.1987 Soyuz TM-5 onboard MIR

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Last update on June 15, 2009.

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