Launch from Baikonur; landing 30 km southeast of
Arkalyk.
Docking on MIR spacestation; both cosmonaut and Mike
Foale became the
24th resident crew;
EVA by
Soloviyov and
Vinogradov on 22.08.1997 (3h 16m) into the module Spektr to
connect new cables and mount a hatch.
EVA by
Soloviyov and
Foale on 06.09.1997 (7h 0m) for more repairing work; main
computer was exchanged during docking of
STS-86; both cosmonauts performed
EVAs on
20.10.1997 (6h 38m), 03.11.1997 (6h 04m) and 06.11.1997 (6h 12m) into the
module Spektr; hatch was repaired during an
EVA on
08.01.1998 (3h 06m) by both cosmonauts;
Soloviyov and new reasearch cosmonaut Dave
Wolf
(replaced
Foale) performed another
EVA on
14.01.1998 (3h 52m) to inspect the station interior.
