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Mir EO-24
Mir EO-24 was the 24th long-duration mission to Russia's Mir space station.
| Mission type | Mir expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 197 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes[citation needed] (at Mir) 197 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes[citation needed] (launch to landing) |
| Distance travelled | ~126,000,000 kilometres (78,000,000 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 3,128 |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | Mir |
| Began | 5 August 1997 |
| Ended | 19 February 1998 |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TM-26 Foale: STS-84 Space Shuttle Atlantis Wolf: STS-86 Space Shuttle Atlantis Thomas: STS-89 Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz TM-26 Foale: STS-86 Space Shuttle Atlantis Wolf: STS-89 Space Shuttle Endeavour Thomas: STS-91 Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Anatoly Solovyev Pavel Vinogradov Colin Michael Foale* (August-September) David Wolf (September-January) Andy Thomas† (January-February) * - transferred from EO-23 † - transferred to EO-25 |
| Long-term Mir expeditions | |
Crew
This mission was part of the Shuttle-Mir Program, in which three American astronauts flew aboard the station during Mir EO-24.
| Position | First Part (August 1997 to September 1997) | Second Part (September 1997 to January, 1998) | Third Part (January, 1998 to February, 1998) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commander | Anatoly Solovyev Fifth and last spaceflight | ||
| Flight Engineer 1 | Pavel Vinogradov First spaceflight | ||
| Flight Engineer 2 | / Michael Foale Fourth spaceflight Launched during Mir EO-23 | David Wolf Third spaceflight | / Andy Thomas Second spaceflight |
Note: Léopold Eyharts joined the Soyuz TM-26 crew on the way home from Mir, after launching with Soyuz TM-27 crewmembers Talgat Musabayev and Nikolai Budarin at the end of Mir EO-24. Foale arrived aboard Mir during the EO-23 mission, and was transferred to the EO-24 crew when the expeditions changed. Thomas remained aboard Mir as part of the EO-25 crew after the end of EO-24.
See also
External links
- Mir 24 Summary