Expedition EO-12

Russia

'EO' is the Russian abbreviation for 'primary expedition'

Crew & mission data:

No.:	1	2
Exp.crew:	Soloviyov, Anatoli	Avdeyev, Sergei
Job:	CDR	Flight Engineer
Launch vehicle:	Soyuz TM-15	Soyuz TM-15
Docking date/time:	29 Jul 1992 - 07:46	29 Jul 1992 - 07:46
Undocking date/time:	01 Feb 1993 - 00:26	01 Feb 1993 - 00:26
Landing vehicle:	Soyuz TM-15	Soyuz TM-15
Mir-mission duration:	188d 21h 39m?	188d 21h 39m?
Orbits:	2989?	2989?

EVA data:

EVAs	Date	Duration	Cosmonauts
EVA-1	03 Sep 1992	3h 56m	Soloviyov A. & Avdeyev S.
EVA-2	07 Sep 1992	5h 08m	Soloviyov A. & Avdeyev S.
EVA-3	11 Sep 1992	5h 44m	Soloviyov A. & Avdeyev S.
EVA-4	15 Sep 1992	3h 33m	Soloviyov A. & Avdeyev S.

Mission details:

Mir Expedition EO-012
Soyuz TM-15 docked on MIR; joint work with eleventh resident crew.
Soloviyov and Avdeyev became then twelfth MIR-resident crew; both cosmonauts performed four EVA's on 03.09.1992 (3h 56m), 07.09.1992 (5h 08m), 11.09.1992 (5h 44m) and 15.09.1992 (3h 33m), to install the VDU thruster pod on the Sofora girder and to install the Kurs docking system antenna on the Kristall module.

Astrophilately covers:

Cosmic Mail: Cover on board of Mir, with 2 red Mir boardcancels and date boardcancel: 291092, signed by the crew. Note: on ′Association of Space Explorers′ cover.

Ref.: #4, #10, #16 - update: 28.11.18

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