Resident Crews of the MIR
MIR: Expedition 9
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Crew, launch- and landing data
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| Surname: | Artsebarsky | Krikalyov |
| Given names: | Anatoli Pavlovich | Sergei Konstantinovich |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
| Spacecraft (Launch): | Soyuz TM-12 | Soyuz TM-12 |
| Launch date: | 18.05.1991 | 18.05.1991 |
| Launchtime: | 12:50 UT | 12:50 UT |
| Spacecraft (Landing): | Soyuz TM-12 | Soyuz TM-13 |
| Landingdate: | 10.10.1991 | 25.03.1992 |
| Landingtime: | 04:12 UT | 08:52 UT |
| Mission duration: | 144d 15h 21m | 311d 20h 01m |
| Orbits: | 2288 | 4934 |
Backup Crew
| No.: | 1 | 2 |
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| Surname: | Volkov | Kaleri |
| Given names: | Aleksandr Aleksandrovich | Aleksandr Yuriyevich |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
Expedition Report
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Launch from Baikonur; landing 67 km southeast
of Arkalyk. Helen Sharman became the first British cosmonaut. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the Soyuz TM-11-Kvant1-MIR-Kristall-Kvant2 complex on 20.05.1991. As part of the British Juno program Sharman was involved in scientific experiments, especially life sciences, together with the eighth resident crew. Main goal of the mission was to exchange the MIR resident crew. Artsebarsky and Krikalyov became the ninth MIR resident crew. Both cosmonauts performed six EVAs on 24.06.1991 (4h 58m), 28.06.1991 (3h 24m), 15.07.1991 (5h 45m), 19.07.1991 (5h 28m), 23.07.1991 (5h 34m) and 27.07.1991 (6h 49m) to assembly the Sofora girder, an experimentlal construction. The cosmonauts released the small MAK-1 satellite from the MIR base block's experiment airlock on June 17, 1991. It was designed to study Earth's ionosphere. However, a probable power failure prevented its antennas from deploying, and the satellite remained inert. |
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