This EVA will be the 1st of a series of 3, still to be done by this crew. The EVA will begin on 20.05.1996 at 2255 UTC (opening of the hatch) and end on 21.05.1996 at abt. 0400 UTC (closing of the hatch). During this EVA a solar panel will be transferred from the Docking Compartment, DC, to the astrophysical module Kvant-1 (Module-E). This solar panel had been delivered together with that DC by Atlantis in November 1995. The cosmonauts Onufriyenko and Usachov will transport themselves and the solar panel using the 2d Strela girder, which they installed on Kvant-1 during their first EVA on 15.05.96. The solar panel is folded up and will only be installed on Kvant-1. The deployment and tests will take place during the next EVA. During passes in which the EVA might still be going on EVA-traffic can be monitored on 143.618 and 130.165 mc. (21.05.96 from 0340-0349 UTC and possibly during pressure equalisation of the airlock between 0515-0525 UTC).

Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.