Resident Crews of the MIR
MIR: Expedition 7
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Crew, launch- and landing data
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| Surname: | Manakov | Strekalov |
| Given names: | Gennadi Mikhailovich | Gennadi Mikhailovich |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
| Spacecraft (Launch): | Soyuz TM-10 | Soyuz TM-10 |
| Launch date: | 01.08.1990 | 01.08.1990 |
| Launchtime: | 09:32 UT | 09:32 UT |
| Spacecraft (Landing): | Soyuz TM-10 | Soyuz TM-10 |
| Landingdate: | 10.12.1990 | 10.12.1990 |
| Landingtime: | 06:08 UT | 06:08 UT |
| Mission duration: | 130d 20h 35m | 130d 20h 35m |
| Orbits: | 2070 | 2070 |
Backup Crew
| No.: | 1 | 2 |
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| Surname: | Afanasiyev | Manarov |
| Given names: | Viktor Mikhailovich | Musa Khiromanovich |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
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Expedition Report
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Launch from Baikonur; landing 69 km northeast
of Arkalyk. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 03.08.1990. The cosmonauts became the seventh resident crew of MIR space station. Scientific work (astrophysical, geophysical, Earth observation, space materials science, biological and biotechnological research and experiments) performed in the Soyuz TM-10-Kvant-MIR-Kvant2-Kristall complex. But they also had to do maintenance and repairing work. Supplies with cargo space ships Progress M-4 and M-5. EVA on 29.10.1990 (3h 45m) repairing work on damaged hatch of Kvant-2-module (only partly successful). When returning to Earth, Japanese cosmonaut Akiyama (launched with Soyuz TM-11-spacecraft) was onboard. |
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