Backup Crew: Commander:
Aleksandr Volkov
Flight Engineer - Aleksandr Kaleri
Research - Aleksandr Shchukin

The Soyuz Space Missions

Science Research

Science Research

Science Theories

Designed by Nigel G Wilcox

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(Mir EO-3 -Second Space Flight)

(Mir EO-3-First Space Flight) Flight Engineer

Anatoli Levchenko- Research

(Mir LII-1-Third Space Flight)

(Mir EP-2 -First Space Flight) Commander

(Mir EP-2-Third Space Flight) Flight Engineer

Aleksandr Aleksandrov

(Mir EP-2-First Space Flight) Research

Fourth crewed spaceflight to Mir. Manarov and Titov (known by their callsign as the "Okeans") replaced Romanenko and Alexandrov. Anatoli Levchenko was a cosmonaut in the Buran shuttle program. Levchenko returned with Romanenko and Alexandrov in Soyuz TM-3.

Before departing Mir, Romanenko and Alexandrov demonstrated use of EVA equipment to the Okeans. The Okeans delivered biological experiments, including the Aynur biological crystal growth apparatus, which they installed in Kvant-1. The combined crews conducted an evacuation drill, with the Mir computer simulating an emergency.

Titov and Manarov conducted part of an ongoing survey of galaxies and star groups in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum using the Glazar telescope on Kvant. The survey required photography with exposure times up to 8 min. Even small cosmonaut movements could shake the complex. This produced blurring of astronomical images, so all cosmonaut movements had to be stopped during the exposures.