Expedition EO-28

Crew & mission data: No.: 1 2 Exp.crew:  Zalyotin, Sergei  Kaleri, Aleksandr Job:  CDR  Flight Engineer Launch vehicle:  Soyuz TM-30  Soyuz TM-30 Docking date/time:  06 Apr 2000 - 06:31:22  06 Apr 2000 - 06:31:22 Undocking date/time:  15 Jun 2000 - 21:24:49  15 Jun 2000 - 21:24:49 Landing vehicle:  Soyuz TM-30  Soyuz TM-30 Mir-mission duration:  72d 19h 43m?  72d 19h 43m? Orbits:  1145?  1145?

EVA data:

Mission details:

• Mir Expedition EO-028
• The Mir complex is currently in a 329 x 333 km x 51.6 deg orbit. The Progress M1-1 cargo ship is docked to the +X docking port of the Kvant module. The -X docking port on the Mir base module transfer compartment is waiting for Soyuz TM-30. The Kvant-2, Priroda, Kristall and Spektr modules remain docked to the radial ports on the base module (Spektr remains depressurized following the 1997 collision with Progress M-34).
• Soyuz TM-30 docked with Mir′s forward (-X) port on Apr 6, 2000 at 0631 UTC. Zalyotin and Kaleri have reactivated Mir and are settling in for a stay of uncertain duration. Progress M1-2, cargo ship 11F615A55 No. 252, was launched on Apr 25 and docked with the rear Kvant port on Mir at 2128 UTC on Apr 27. Progress M1-1 undocked from that port at 1633 UTC on Apr 26 and was deorbited over the Pacific at 1927 UTC on Apr 26. Mir′s orbit was raised on Apr 29 in the first of a series of three burns.
• Zalyotin and Kaleri continue their Mir mission with the Soyuz TM-30 transport and the Progress M1-2 cargo ship. On May 12 they left the station for a spacewalk. The Kvant-2 airlock hatch was opened at 1044 UTC and closed at 1536 UTC. The astronauts inspected the station and discovered burnt wiring on the Kvant solar array.
• The Mir EO-28 crew, Sergey Zalyotin and Aleksandr Kaleri, continue to operate the Mir complex in a 360 x 378 km x 51.6 deg orbit. The orbital plane of Mir is currently around 120 deg away from that of ISS. Soyuz TM-30 and Progress M1-2 are still docked to the station.
• Zalyotin and Kaleri closed the hatch to Mir at 1817 UTC on Jun 15 and undocked at 2124 UT on Jun 16, 2000. The deorbit burn was at 2352 UTC; a few minutes later the orbital module and service module were jettisoned, with the central descent module reentering for a landing at 0044 UTC on Jun 16, near Arkalyk in Kazakstan. The Mir complex remains operational in automated mode.
• On Oct 29, 2000 Mir was in a 329 x 356 km x 51.6 deg orbit, after an apogee raising burn by Progress M-43.

Astrophilately covers:

Space Mail: Cover with 2 black Mir boardcancel, docking date boardcancel: 060400 and undocking red boardcancel: 160600, signed by the last EO-28 crew, Sergey Zalyotin and Aleksandr Kaleri.