Mir 97

Ewald

10 February 1997 14:09 GMT. Landing Date: 1997-03-02 06:43:57. Flight Time: 19.69 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz TM-25 (Ewald). Flight Up: Soyuz TM-25. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-24. Call Sign: Sirius (Sirius ). Crew: Ewald. Backup Crew: Schlegel. Program: Mir. Soyuz TM-25 docked with Mir at the forward port on February 12 at 15:51:13 GMT. The EO-22 crew of Korzun and Kaleri, together with Ewald, undocked from Mir in the Soyuz TM-24 spaceship at 03:24 GMT on March 2 and landed at 06:44 GMT near Arkaylk in Kazakstan.

Mir 97 Chronology

  • 1997 Feb 10 - Soyuz TM-25  Crew: Tsibliyev, Lazutkin, Ewald. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Payload: Soyuz TM 11F732 s/n 74. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Duration: 184.92 days. Perigee: 385 km (239 mi). Apogee: 392 km (243 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 92.30 min.

    Mir Expedition EO-23. Soyuz TM-25 docked with Mir at the forward port on February 12 at 15:51:13 GMT.

  • 1997 Feb 12 - Mir News 345: Soyuz-TM25 docked at Mir-complex 

    Without significant problems Soyuz-TM25 docked at the aft (+X axis) of Mir on 12.02.97 ...more...

  • 1997 Feb 22 - Mir News 346: Mir'97 

    Dr. Reinhold Ewald amuses himself well on board of the Mir space station. He uses ...more...

  • 1997 Feb 24 - Mir News 347: FIRE ON BOARD OF THE Mir-SPACE STATION 

    Radio traffic during VHF windows for our position in the morning of 24.02.1997 revealed ...more...

  • 1997 Mar 2 - Mir News 348: Soyuz-TM24 made happy landing 

    On 2.03.1997 at 0644 UTC the return capsule of the Soyuz-TM24 made a safe landing ...more...

  • 1997 Mar 2 - Landing of Soyuz TM-24 

    Korzun, Kaleri and Ewald undocked from Mir in the Soyuz TM-24 spaceship at 03:24 GMT on March 2 and landed at 06:44 GMT near Arkaylk in Kazakstan.

Bibliography and Further Reading
  • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Essential internet newsletter recording worldwide weekly space events. Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
  • Oberg, James, Red Star in Orbit, Random House, New York, 1981. ISBN: 0394514297. Oberg's book was, at its time, the most accurate, and still the most lively account of the Soviet manned program. More at amazon.com...
  • NASA GSFC Orbital Parameters, .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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