Expedition EO-9

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• Soyuz TM-12 was launched on May 18, 1991 and docked with Mir on May 20. The crew are Anatoliy Pavlovich Artsebarskiy (Komandir), Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov (Bortinzhener) and Helen Patricia Sharman (Kosmonavt-issledovatel'). Artsebarskiy and Krikalyov are the new Mir main crew.
• Soyuz TM-12 docked on Soyuz TM-11/Quant1-MIR-Kristall-Quant2 complex; scientific experiments together with the eighth resident crew.
• Artsebarsky and Krikalyov became ninth MIR resident crew; both cosmonauts performed six EVA's 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): assembly of Sofora.
• The Mir/Kvant/Kvant-2/Kristall/Soyuz TM-12 complex is now crewed by Anatoliy Artsebarksiy and Sergey Krikalyov. The Progress M-8 cargo craft carrying supplies and fuel for the station was launched from Baykonur on May 30.
• On Jul 15, 1991 Artsebarsky & Krikalev made a third EVA to erect a large structure outside the station. Sergey has just been told that his ride home in November has been cancelled for budgetary reasons and he'll have to stay up till March.
• More spacewalks were made to complete the installation of the 14 metre Sofora structure on Jul 19, 23 and 27, 1991.
• Progress M-8 undocked and was deorbited on Aug 16. Progress M-9 was launched on Aug 20, 1991 and has now docked with the station, bringing it supplies.
• The Soyuz TM-13 ferry was launched at 0559UT on Oct 2 and docked at the front Mir port at 0739UT on Oct 4. Crew Volkov, Aubakirov and Viehbock joined Artsebarskiy and Krikalyov.
• Late on Oct 9, 1991 Artsebarskiy, Aubakirov and Viehbock transferred to Soyuz TM-12 and undocked from the rear Kvant port, landing in Kazakhstan at 0412 UT on Oct 10.