Expedition EO-17

Crew & mission data: No.: 1 2 3 Exp.crew:  Viktorenko, Aleksandr  Kondakova, Yelena  Polyakov, Valeri Job:  CDR  Flight Engineer  Doctor cosmonaut Launch vehicle:  Soyuz TM-20  Soyuz TM-20  from EO-16 crew Docking date/time:  06 Oct 1994 - 00:28:15  06 Oct 1994 - 00:28:15   - Undocking date/time:  22 Mar 1995 - 00:43:08  22 Mar 1995 - 00:43:08  22 Mar 1995 - 00:43:08 Landing vehicle:  Soyuz TM-20  Soyuz TM-20  Soyuz TM-20 Mir-mission duration:  169d 05h 21m?  169d 05h 21m?  437d 17h 58m? Orbits on Mir:  2677?  2677?  6927?

EVA data:

Mission details:

• Mir Expedition EO-17
• docking on MIR spacestation; exchange of resident crew partly.
• Viktorenko, Kondakova and long-term cosmonaut Polyakov became 17th resident crew of the station; scientific research program to test organism in weightlessness and long duration missions; when crew landed, Polyakov was onboard and is now world record holder (438 days in space in one flight).
  
  

  Mir as viewed from STS-63