Mir EO-23

Mir EO-23
Mission typeMir expedition
Expedition
Space stationMir
Began10 February 1997 (1997-02-10)
Ended5 August 1997 (1997-08-06)
Arrived aboardSoyuz TM-25
Linenger: STS-81
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Foale: STS-84
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Departed aboardSoyuz TM-25
Linenger: STS-84
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Foale: STS-86
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Crew
Crew size3
MembersVasily Tsibliyev
Aleksandr Lazutkin
Jerry Linenger* (February–May)
Colin Michael Foale
* - transferred from EO-22
† - transferred to EO-24
Long-term Mir expeditions
← EO-22
EO-24 →

Mir EO-23 was the 23rd long-duration mission to Russia's Mir space station. It is notable for both the fire that occurred during the mission, and the crash that caused one of the station's modules to be permanently sealed off.