Expedition EO-6

Crew & mission data: No.: 1 2 Exp.crew:  Soloviyov, Anatoli  Balandin, Aleksandr Job:  CDR  Flight Engineer Launch vehicle:  Soyuz TM-9  Soyuz TM-9 Docking date/time:  13 Feb 1990 - 06:37:47  13 Feb 1990 - 06:37:47 Undocking date/time:  09 Aug 1990 - 04:08:49  09 Aug 1990 - 04:08:49 Landing vehicle:  Soyuz TM-9  Soyuz TM-9 Mir-mission duration:  179d 01h 18m?  179d 01h 18m? Orbits:  2833?  2833?

EVA data:

Mission details:

• Mir Expedition EO-06
• Soyuz TM-9 docked on Soyuz TM-8-MIR/Quant/Quant2 complex; sixth resident crew take turning the fifth resident crew.
• The Mir orbital complex is crewed by Anatoli Soloviyov (Komandir) and Aleksandr Balandin (Bortinzhener), who are unloading the Progress M-3 freighter.
  On Mar 1990, the current configuration of Mir is:
  • Mir Port 1: Soyuz TM-9 ferry
  • Mir Port 2: Kvant astrophysical module (Port 1)
  • Mir Port 3: Kvant-2 airlock module
  • Mir Port 4: (docking cone ready for Kristall module)
  • Kvant Port 2: Progress M-3 cargo craft
• Viktorenko and Serebrov handed over command of the complex and prepared to return to Soyuz TM-8. TM-8 undocked from Port 1 and landed in the Arkalyk recovery zone on Feb 19, 1990.
• Soloviyov and Balandin flew Soyuz TM-9 round from Kvant Port 2 to Mir Port 1 a few days later.
• Progress M-3 was launched on Feb 28 and docked at Kvant Port 2 on Mar 3.
• Progress 42 was launched on May 05 to bring more supplies to the station, and docked on May 07 with Mir/Kvant aft-port.
• Progress-42 undocked from the rear port on May 27, and Soyuz TM-9 made a 24-min flight from the front port to the rear port on May 28, leaving the front port open for Kristall.
• The Kristall module was launched on May 31, 1990 and will carry an EVA ladder to assist the planned spacewalk repair of loose insulation blankets on the Soyuz TM-9 SA (descent module).
• Kristall docked on the station at 10 Jun 1990.
• Vladimir Solov'yov and Aleksandr Balandin made a 6hr (7h 16m?) spacewalk on Jul 17, 1990 to inspect and repair the loose insulation panels on the Soyuz TM-9 ferry craft. Their attempt to return to Mir ran into problems when they couldn't close the airlock hatch, and they had to return via an emergency airlock.
• They made another spacewalk on Jul 26 (3h 31m) to complete the Soyuz TM-9 repair and close the Kvant-2 EVA hatch.
• Soyuz TM-10 was launched Aug 1, 1990 with crew Gennadiy Manakov and Gennadiy Strekalov.
• Soyuz TM-10 docked with Mir on Aug 3. The new crew, Manakov and Strekalov, have taken over the station. The Soyuz TM-9 crew, Solov'yov and Balandin, are preparing to return to Earth.