Mir EO-12

Mir EO-12
Mission typeMir expedition
Mission duration188 days, 21 hours, 39 minutes, 31 seconds [1]
Orbits completed2989
Expedition
Space stationMir
Began27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
Ended1 February 1993 (1993-03)
Arrived aboardSoyuz TM-15
Departed aboardSoyuz TM-15
Crew
Crew sizeTwo
MembersAnatoly Solovyev
Sergei Avdeyev
CallsignSpring
EVAs4
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Mir EO-12 (Russian: Мир ЭО-12, also known as Principal Expedition 12) was the twelfth crewed expedition to the space station Mir, lasting from July 1992 until February 1993. The crew, consisting of Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Sergei Avdeyev launched aboard Soyuz TM-15 on 27 July 1992 with French Research Cosmonaut Michel Tognini. After remaining on board Mir for just over six months, Solovyev and Avdeyev returned aboard the same spacecraft on 1 February 1993.

Their mission focused on geophysics, materials science, biotechnology, astronomy and medical experiments. Soyuz TM-15 set a Soyuz spacecraft on orbit endurance record.[2]

  1. ^ "Resident Crews of the Mir: Expedition 12". Spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  2. ^ "Soyuz TM-15". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-22.