Expedition EO-15

Russia

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

Crew & mission data:

No.:	1	2	3
Exp.crew:	Afanasiyev, Viktor	Usachyov, Yuri	Polyakov, Valeri
Job:	CDR	Flight Engineer	Doctor cosmonaut
Launch vehicle:	Soyuz TM-18	Soyuz TM-18	Soyuz TM-18
Docking date/time:	10 Jan 1994 - 11:50:20	10 Jan 1994 - 11:50:20	10 Jan 1994 - 11:50:20
Undocking date/time:	09 Jul 1994 - 17:12:59	09 Jul 1994 - 07:12:59	-
Landing vehicle:	Soyuz TM-18	Soyuz TM-18	to EO-16 crew
Mir-mission duration:	182d 00h 08m?	182d 00h 08m?	-
Orbits:	2880?	2880?	-

EVA data:

no Eva′s

Mission details:

Mir Expedition EO-15
docking on MIR spacestation; cosmonauts became the 15th resident crew.
Research work in space-flight medicine by Polyakov during his long-term-flight (25 different experiments).

Astrophilately covers:

Soyuz TM17

Cosmic Mail: Space radio telegram to Mir, with 2 Mir boardcancel, date 06/09/94,.

Ref.: #4, #10, #16 - update: 12.11.18