Expedition EO-3

Crew & mission data:

EVA data: EVAs  Date  Duration  Cosmonauts EVA-1  26 Feb 1988  4h 25m  Titov, Manarov EVA-2  30 Jun 1988  5h 10m  Titov, Manarov EVA-3  20 Oct 1988  4h 12m  Titov, Manarov

Mission details:

• Mir Expedition EO-03
• Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz TM-4 docked with the MIR on 23 Dec 1987. Titov and Manarov became the third resident crew of MIR. Both performed three EVAs. First EVA on 26 Feb 1988 (4h 25m) replacing a segment on a solarcell. Second EVA on 30 Jun 1988 (5h 10m) in which the replacment of a detectorblock on the Kvant-1 module failed. New tools were delivered to the station and with this the same work was then successful on 20 Oct 1988 (4h 12m).
• In the first week of the mission they performed biological experiments (with onions and fishes for example) and installed the Aynur biological crystal growth apparatus, which they had delivered to the station, into Kvant-1. Titov and Manarov conducted part of an ongoing survey of galaxies and star groups in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum using the Glazar telescope on Kvant. The survey required photography with exposure times up to 8 min.
• Other work included Earth observation and experiments on the fields of materials sciences, meteorology, space technology, physiology, psychology, medical sciences and astronomical research, using the Marija-reasearch apparatus.
  
  

  Soyuz TMA-5 and Mir crew

  
  
• Polyakov arrived with Soyuz TM-6 and became member of the third and fourth resident crew. He was a medical doctor and in the following time medical experiments were more intensive.
• All in all the crew performed more than 2000 experiments.

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