Sujet

The multi-national crew of MIR have held a link-up press conference

Légende

Russian federation,korolyov(near moscow) the multi-national crew of mir have held a link-up press conference(ops), first in the trouble-laden past year, the only difficulty now is the crammed work schedule, the crew said, while 'the rest is fine with us', mir commander anatoly solovyov, who is in orbit since august and returns to earth in a week, admitted that mir is worse for wear after 12 years in space, 'the station is work-capable and can fly more,' solovyov said, mir's two crews are finishing the relay of the space shift, solovyov, flight engineer pavel vinongradov and french astronaut leopold eyharts are preparing for re-entry and landing, scheduled for february 19, by taking on every day special vacuum suits simulating gravity, they will leave behind musabayev, nikolai budarin and nasa astronaut andrew thomas, asked by an itar-tass correspondent about subordination on mir, musabayev said solovyov remains the chief, february 12, 1998.

Date

01 févr. 1998

Crédit

Photo12/Sovfoto/UIG

Notre référence

UMG20B05_245

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Non

Property release

Non

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

8,3Mo (1,2Mo) / 17,3cm x 12,0cm / 2048 x 1420 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Space Russian science technology cosmonauts astronauts space station MIR USSR Soviet Union Soviet Space Program exploration space flight space race

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