The Progress M-35 cargo ship was to redock with the Mir station at the Kvant port. The first docking attempt was called off on August 17, 1997 because wrong instructions were sent to the Progress. Meanwhile, the crew repaired the Elektron oxygen generator. Progress M-35 successfully redocked with Mir at 12:53 UTC on August 18, 1997. The Mir computer crashed just before the docking, and the station drifted out of attitude, causing the Progress automatic docking system to shut down; however, Commander Anatoli Soloviyov completed the docking by manual remote control. The computer was repaired by August 19, 1997.

The second EVA by Anatoli Soloviyov and Michael Foale occurred on September 06, 1997 (6h 00m). They failed to locate any punctures in Spektr during an otherwise successful spacewalk. The spacewalkers used the Strela crane to transfer from the Kvant2 to Spektr. Anatoli Soloviyov cut away insulation to inspect the area around the radiator and solar panel mounting. Two undamaged arrays were manually repositioned to better gather solar energy, and a radiation device left previously by Jerry Linenger was retrieved. The EVA was particularly dangerous due to the risk created by Spektr's debris and sharp edges resulting from the damaged structure that could penetrate the spacesuits.
Anatoli Soloviyov reported about the damages suffered by Spektr. One solar panel and some radiators were severely damaged. Support struts were broken or buckled.

This old supply-ship Progress M-35 had been keeping watch at the aft (Kvant1) docking port as of August 18, 1997, the day of the redocking. Due to the well-known priorities the crew has not paid any attention to this ship until September 08, 1997. One of the first tasks of this day was the opening of the hatch and the inspection of Progress M-35's interior. The main function of the Progress M-35 was the protection of the docking mechanism of Kvant1 against the sun. The freighter has still room in which garbage and other no longer needed material can be stowed. Preparations for the opening of the hatch were going on. The crew got permission to open the hatch after the air seal checks. The hatch was opened but Anatoli Soloviyov had set this ajar for the smell which came out of the Progress M-35 was far from a 'kurort smell'. The crew however had to cease all activities with the Progress M-35 due to other concerns.

On September 15, 1997 TsUP wanted to discuss the air seal check with Pavel Vinogradov. He interrupted TsUP with the statement that a few minutes ago (exactly 07:00 UTC) the Ts.V.M.-1 had shut itself down. After this report followed the usual chain reaction was: the SUD (system for movements- or attitude control) stopped and Michael Foale reported that this was also the case with the SUD in Module-D (Kvant2). Systems like SRV-U (regeneration of water from urine) and Elektron had to be switched off. TsUP gave orders to burn 3 lithium perchlorate cartridges for oxygen generation. (Anatoli Soloviyov stated repeatedly that the delivery of a new supply of those cartridges during mission STS-86 is badly needed.) Michael Foale reported that the angle of the solar panels to the sun was unfavorable, but that the complex though inclining a little bit on one side, was stable.
The crew restarted the computer, but failed to find the cause of the failure. So, they switched the computer off. A specialist told Pavel Vinogradov that there must be a spare Ts.M.O. on board which eventually could be used to replace the present Ts.M.O. (Central Module for Data exchange). The failure of the Ts.V.M.-1 during the redocking operation of the Progress M-35 had probably been caused by a defective Ts.M.O. In the course of the day it was obvious that the crew had everything under control and that the repair of the computer was successfully proceeding

Soyuz TM-26 docked at the aft port of Mir on August 07, 1997 at 17:02:08 UTC. The approach was in the automatic mode with the system Kurs. The hatches swung open at 18:32 UTC. Normally this is a smooth and orderly procedure but this time there were some problems with the TV-link. Cheerfully both crews met each other. TsUP and Anatoli Soloviyov discussed the conservation of the Soyuz TM-26 and some technical items. The session was concluded by the transfer of radiograms from Earth to Mir by Packet Radio.

Soyuz TM-25 made a safe landing on August 14, 1997 at 12:17:10 UTC. At about 11:22 UTC Vasili Tsibliyev reported the beginning of the de-orbit burn. He reported continuously the results of the impulses in meters/sec and at 11:26 UTC he said that the de-orbit burn had stopped. He went on reporting details of the descent process and at 11:45 UTC he announced the separation of the BO (life compartment) and the instrument/motor module from the SA (descent module) in 3 minutes. This took place at 11:48 UTC just before the 3 objects entered the dense layers of the atmosphere. The BO and Instrument/motor block burnt up and the SA came in the plasma wave. Radio contact ceased and contrary to previous return flights did not come back via Altair. The Soyuz landing rockets failed to fire on touchdown, giving one of the roughest landings experienced by a returning Mir crew.

At 13:29:20 UTC Anatoli Soloviyov reported the separation and the fact that Soyuz TM-26 was slowly moving away from Mir. He steered Soyuz TM-26 in the manual mode to be able to adjust the attitude of the ship in such a way that Pavel Vinogradov and Michael Foale could make good images of the 'damage areas'.