Status: Inactive; Active 1976-1999. Born: 1948-01-16. Spaceflights: 5 . Total time in space: 651.00 days. Birth Place: Riga, Riga.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev
Pilot-Cosmonaut, Colonel. Resides in Star City.

BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born January 16, 1948, in Riga.

PARENTS: Yakov Mikhailovich Solovyev, father, deceased in 1980. Antonia Pavlovna Soloveva, mother, resides in Riga.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown hair, blue eyes; 5 feet 5 inches; 179 pounds.

EDUCATION: Graduated from the Lenin Komsomol Chernigov Higher Military Aviation School in 1972.

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Natalya Vasilyevna Solovyeva (nee Katyshevtseva).

CHILDREN: Two sons, Gennady in 1975, and Illya in 1980.

HONORS: Awarded the Order of Lenin and the "Gold Star" medal, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Friendship of Peoples, and six Armed Forces medals.

EXPERIENCE: Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev served from 1972 to 1976 as a senior pilot and group commander in the Far Eastern Military District. Since August 1976, he has been a student-cosmonaut at the Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. In January 1979, he completed general space training. He is a test pilot third class and a test cosmonaut. From 1979 to 1984, he underwent training for a flight aboard the Soyuz-T transport vehicle and the Salyut-7 and Mir orbital stations as part of a group. In 1981, he was made part of a stand-by crew as a commander of a primary expedition. In 1987, he was the commander of a back-up Soviet-Sylian crew for an expedition that visited the Mir Station. His first flight in 1988, lasted 9 days and was performed as part of an international Soviet-Bulgalian crew comprised of A.Y. Solovyev, B.P. Savinykh. and A. Aleksandrov, of Bulgaria. From February 11 to August 9, 1990, Colonel Solovyev accomplished a long-duration (179-day) flight aboard th At present, he is the commander of the back-up Russian crew of the Mir-18 expedition on the Soyuz-TM-21 spacecraft as part of the Mir-Shuttle program.

Official NASA Biography - 1997

NAME: Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev

Pilot-Cosmonaut, Colonel. Resides in Star City.

BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:

Born January 16, 1948, in Riga.

PARENTS:

Yakov Mikhailovich Solovyev, father, deceased in 1980. Antonia Pavlovna Soloveva, mother, resides in Riga.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:

Brown hair, blue eyes; 5 feet 5 inches; 179 pounds.

EDUCATION:

Graduated from the Lenin Komsomol Chernigov Higher Military Aviation School in 1972.

MARITAL STATUS:

Married to Natalya Vasilyevna Solovyeva (nee Katyshevtseva).

CHILDREN:

Two sons, Gennady in 1975, and Illya in 1980.

HONORS:

Awarded the Order of Lenin and the "Gold Star" medal, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Friendship of Peoples, and six Armed Forces medals.

EXPERIENCE:

Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev served from 1972 to 1976 as a senior pilot and group commander in the Far Eastern Military District. Since August 1976, he has been a student-cosmonaut at the Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. In January 1979, he completed general space training. He is a test pilot third class and a test cosmonaut. From 1979 to 1984, he underwent training for a flight aboard the Soyuz-T transport vehicle and the Salyut-7 and Mir orbital stations as part of a group. In 1981, he was made part of a stand-by crew as a commander of a primary expedition. In 1987, he was the commander of a back-up Soviet-Sylian crew for an expedition that visited the Mir Station. His first flight in 1988, lasted 9 days and was performed as part of an international Soviet-Bulgalian crew comprised of A.Y. Solovyev, B.P. Savinykh. And A. Aleksandrov, of Bulgaria. From February 11 to August 9, 1990, Colonel Solovyev accomplished a long-duration (179-day) flight aboard th At present, he is the commander of the back-up Russian crew of the Mir-18 expedition on the Soyuz-TM-21 spacecraft as part of the Mir-Shuttle program.

Call sign: Rodnik (Spring - water spring)

• Birth of Anatoliy Yakovlevich Solovyov - . Nation: Latvia, Russia. Related Persons: Solovyov. Russian test pilot cosmonaut 1976-1999. 651 cumulative days in space. 5 spaceflights, 651.0 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TM-5 (1988), Soyuz TM-9, Soyuz TM-15, STS-71, Soyuz TM-26..

• Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 6 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Ivanov, Leonid, Moskalenko, Protchenko, Saley, Solovyov, Titov, Vladimir, Vasyutin, Volkov, Aleksandr.

• Soyuz T-15A (cancelled) - . Crew: Levchenko, Manarov, Volynov. Backup Crew: Berezovoi, Shchukin, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-15A. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Final expedition to Salyut 7 station was cancelled when control was lost..

• Soyuz T-15B (cancelled) - . Crew: Aleksandrov, Saley, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Moskalenko, Serebrov, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-15B. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Planned second crew to opeate TKS-3 military experiments aboard Salyut 7 before control of the station was lost. Salyut 7 and Cosmos 1686 burned up in the atmosphere together in a fiery show over Argentina on February 7, 1991..

• Soyuz T-15C (cancelled) - . Crew: Dobrokvashina, Ivanova, Savitskaya. Backup Crew: Aleksandrov, Solovyov, Viktorenko. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-15C. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T.

  Cancelled all-female flight to be launched on International Woman's Day, to have docked with Mir or Salyut 7. Breakdown of Salyut 7, exhaustion of stock of Soyuz T spacecraft, and official resistance led to cancellation of the mission. Officially cancelled due to birth of Savitskaya's baby. No female cosmonauts would be in training again until a decade later.

• Soyuz TM-3 - . Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Aleksandrov, Faris, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Habib, Savinykh, Solovyov. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 53. Mass: 7,100 kg (15,600 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-2, Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1, Soyuz TM-3, Soyuz TM-3 Mir EP-1. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 160.30 days. Decay Date: 1987-12-29 . USAF Sat Cat: 18222 . COSPAR: 1987-063A. Apogee: 353 km (219 mi). Perigee: 297 km (184 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.00 min.

  Manned three crew. Transported to the Mir orbital space station a Soviet-Syrian crew comprising cosmonauts A S Viktorenko, A P Aleksandrov and M A Faris to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts Y Romanenko and A Laveykin. Maneuvered from initial 231 X 217 km orbit to Mir's 311 X 359 km orbit. Docked with rear Mir port at 3:30 GMT 24 July. Undocked with rear port 30 July and docked to forward port.

• Soyuz TM-5 - . Call Sign: Rodnik (Spring - water spring). Crew: Aleksandrov, Aleksandr, Savinykh, Solovyov. Backup Crew: Lyakhov, Serebrov, Stoyanov. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 55. Mass: 7,000 kg (15,400 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-4, Soyuz TM-5. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 91.45 days. Decay Date: 1988-09-07 . USAF Sat Cat: 19204 . COSPAR: 1988-048A. Apogee: 216 km (134 mi). Perigee: 196 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.60 min.

  Transported to the Mir orbital station a Soviet/Bulgarian crew comprising cosmonauts A Y Solovyev, V P Savinykh and A P Aleksandrov (Bulgaria) to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts V G Titov and M K Manarov. Interim orbit 343 x 282 km. Maneuvered to Mir's 355 x 349 km orbit. Docked 15:57 GMT 9 June to Mir's aft port. Moved to forward port 18 June.

• Landing of Soyuz TM-4 - . Return Crew: Aleksandrov, Aleksandr, Savinykh, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Aleksandr, Savinykh, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-4, Soyuz TM-5. Undocked 06:18 GMT 17 June 88. Soyuz TM-4 landed at 10:13 GMT, 202 km from Dzehezkazgan, with the crew of Aleksandrov Aleksandr, Savinykh and Solovyov aboard..

• Soyuz TM-8 - . Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Serebrov, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Balandin, Solovyov. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 58. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-8. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 166.29 days. Decay Date: 1990-02-19 . USAF Sat Cat: 20218 . COSPAR: 1989-071A. Apogee: 392 km (243 mi). Perigee: 390 km (240 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.40 min.

  Manned two crew. Mir Expedition EO-05. Docked with Mir 8 September. Transported to the Mir orbital station a team consisting of A S Viktorenko, commander of the spacecraft, and A A Serebrov, on-board engineer, to carry out scientific and technological research and experiments. Flight cost 80 million rubles. Expected return 25 million rubles net profit.

• Soyuz TM-9 - . Call Sign: Rodnik (Spring - water spring). Crew: Balandin, Solovyov. Backup Crew: Manakov, Strekalov. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 60. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-9. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 179.05 days. Decay Date: 1990-08-09 . USAF Sat Cat: 20494 . COSPAR: 1990-014A. Apogee: 387 km (240 mi). Perigee: 373 km (231 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.20 min.

  Manned two crew. Mir Expedition EO-06. Docked with Mir. Transported to the Mir orbital station a crew comprising the cosmonauts A Y Solovyov and A N Balandin to conduct an extensive programme of geophysical and astrophysical research, experiments on biology and biotechnology and work on space materials science.

• EVA Mir EO-6-1 - . Crew: Balandin, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.30 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Balandin, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-9. Spacecraft: Mir. Repaired Soyuz TM-9 insulation rip..

• EVA Mir EO-6-2 - . Crew: Balandin, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.15 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Balandin, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-9. Spacecraft: Mir. Dismantled equipment. Temporarily closed damaged hatch..

• Landing of Soyuz TM-9 - . Return Crew: Balandin, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Balandin, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-9. Soyuz TM-9 landed at 07:35 GMT, 70 km from Arkalyk at 50 deg 51'E 67 deg 17' N..

• Soyuz TM-14A (cancelled) - . Crew: Aubakirov, Avdeyev, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Musabayev, Poleshchuk, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-14A. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.

  Soyuz TM-13 and TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial seat bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement. This was the original crew assignment. The Kazakh researchers were moved to the earlier Soyuz TM-13 flight.

• Soyuz TM-14 - . Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Flade, Kaleri, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Avdeyev, Ewald, Solovyov. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 64. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-12 Mir LD-3, Soyuz TM-13, Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-14 Mir 92. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 145.59 days. Decay Date: 1992-08-10 . USAF Sat Cat: 21908 . COSPAR: 1992-014A. Apogee: 394 km (244 mi). Perigee: 373 km (231 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.20 min. Mir Expedition EO-11. Joint flight with Germany. Docked at the Kvant rear port at 12:33 GMT on March 19..

• Soyuz TM-15 - . Call Sign: Rodnik (Spring - water spring). Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov, Tognini. Backup Crew: Haignere, Manakov, Poleshchuk. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 65. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-15 Antares. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 188.90 days. Decay Date: 1993-02-01 . USAF Sat Cat: 22054 . COSPAR: 1992-046A. Apogee: 216 km (134 mi). Perigee: 196 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.60 min.

  Mir Expedition EO-12. Russian astronauts Solovyov and Avdeev and French astronaut Tognini were inserted into an initial 190 x 200 km orbit inclined 51.6 deg. Later on July 27 they maneuvered to a 223 x 343 km orbit, and on July 28 docked with Mir in its 405 x 410 km orbit.

• EVA Mir EO-12-1 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.16 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-15. Spacecraft: Mir. Began installation of VDU thruster pod on Sofora tower..

• EVA Mir EO-12-2 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.21 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-15. Spacecraft: Mir. Continued installation of VDU thruster pod on Sofora tower..

• EVA Mir EO-12-3 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.24 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-15. Spacecraft: Mir. Completed installation of VDU thruster pod on Sofora tower..

• EVA Mir EO-12-4 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.15 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-15. Spacecraft: Mir. Installed Kurs docking system antenna on Kristall module..

• Landing of Soyuz TM-15 - . Return Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-16.

  Aleksandr Solovyov and Sergey Avdeyev undocked from the Mir complex aboard Soyuz TM-15 on February 1 and landed the same day in Kazakhstan after six months in space at 03:47 GMT. Soyuz TM-15's flight was an in-orbit record for a Soyuz spaceship - 188 days 21 h 39 m.

• Soyuz TM-20 - . Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Kondakova, Merbold, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Budarin, Reiter, Solovyov. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 69. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-18 Mir LD-4, Soyuz TM-19, Soyuz TM-20, Soyuz TM-20 Euromir 94. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 169.22 days. Decay Date: 1995-03-02 . USAF Sat Cat: 23288 . COSPAR: 1994-063A. Apogee: 395 km (245 mi). Perigee: 392 km (243 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.43 min.

  Mir Expedition EO-17. Docked at the Mir forward port at 00:28 on 1994 October 6. The Mir crew of Viktorenko, Kondakova and Polyakov boarded Soyuz TM-20 on January 11, and undocked from Mir's front port at 09:00 GMT. The spacecraft withdrew to about two hundred metres from Mir and then redocked in a test of the automatic Kurs system, which had failed in Progress M-24's attempted docking. Redocking came at 09:25 GMT.

• STS-71 - . Call Sign: Atlantis. Crew: Baker, Budarin, Dunbar, Gibson, Harbaugh, Precourt, Solovyov. Backup Crew: Onufrienko, Usachyov. Payload: Atlantis F14 / Spacelab-Mir LM. Mass: 12,191 kg (26,876 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Houston. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TM-21, STS-71, STS-71 Mir EO-19. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Duration: 9.81 days. Decay Date: 1995-07-06 . USAF Sat Cat: 23600 . COSPAR: 1995-030A. Apogee: 342 km (212 mi). Perigee: 342 km (212 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.90 min.

  Mir Expedition EO-19. Transferred Budarin, Solovyov to Mir, returned Soyuz TM-21 crew to Earth. After undocking from Mir on July 4, Atlantis spent several days on orbit, carrying out medical research work with the Spacelab-Mir module in the cargo bay. Payloads: Shuttle/Mir Mission 1, Spacelab-Mir, IMAX camera, Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX).

• EVA Mir EO-19-1 - . Crew: Budarin, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.23 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Budarin, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: STS-71 Mir EO-19. Spacecraft: Mir. Repaired solar array. Inspected exterior of station..

• EVA Mir EO-19-2 - . Crew: Budarin, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.13 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Budarin, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: STS-71 Mir EO-19. Spacecraft: Mir. Retrieved TREK detector..

• EVA Mir EO-19-3 - . Crew: Budarin, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.23 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Budarin, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: STS-71 Mir EO-19. Spacecraft: Mir. Installed Miras spectrometer..

• Landing of Soyuz TM-21 - . Return Crew: Budarin, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Budarin, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-22, STS-71 Mir EO-19. Soyuz TM-21 landed at 06:52 GMT with the crew of Budarin and Solovyov aboard..

• Soyuz TM-26 - . Call Sign: Rodnik. Crew: Solovyov, Vinogradov. Backup Crew: Avdeyev, Padalka. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 75. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RAKA. Manufacturer: Korolev bureau. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-25, Soyuz TM-26, STS-84 Mir NASA-4. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 197.73 days. Decay Date: 1998-02-19 . USAF Sat Cat: 24886 . COSPAR: 1997-038A. Apogee: 385 km (239 mi). Perigee: 378 km (234 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 92.20 min. Mir Expedition EO-24. The Soyuz docked manually at 17:02 GMT August 7. Over the next six months the crew undertook seven internal and external spacewalks to repair the crippled space station..

• EVA Mir EO-24-1 - . Crew: Solovyov, Vinogradov. EVA Duration: 0.14 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Solovyov, Vinogradov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-26, STS-84 Mir NASA-4. Spacecraft: Mir. Internal Vehicular Activity. Connected Spektr power cables. Surveyed interior of depressurised Spektr module. Retrieved equipment and belongings from module..

• EVA Mir EO-24-2 - . Crew: Foale, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.25 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Foale, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-26, STS-84 Mir NASA-4. Spacecraft: Mir. Inspected exterior of Spektr. Moved solar arrays..

• EVA Mir EO-24-3 - . Crew: Solovyov, Vinogradov. EVA Duration: 0.28 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Solovyov, Vinogradov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-26, STS-86 Mir NASA-5. Spacecraft: Mir. Internal Vehicular Activity. Installed new hatch to reconnect Spektr solar array cable with Mir power bus..

• EVA Mir EO-24-4 - . Crew: Solovyov, Vinogradov. EVA Duration: 0.25 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Solovyov, Vinogradov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-26, STS-86 Mir NASA-5. Spacecraft: Mir. Removed solar array from Kvant module..

• EVA Mir EO-24-5 - . Crew: Solovyov, Vinogradov. EVA Duration: 0.26 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Solovyov, Vinogradov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-26, STS-86 Mir NASA-5. Spacecraft: Mir. Installed solar array..

• EVA Mir EO-24-6 - . Crew: Solovyov, Vinogradov. EVA Duration: 0.13 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Solovyov, Vinogradov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-26, STS-86 Mir NASA-5. Spacecraft: Mir. Recovered equipment; began repairs on leaky Kvant-2 airlock. Examination of airlock indicated cause was loose belt, resulting in 10 mm gap..

• EVA Mir EO-24-7 - . Crew: Solovyov, Wolf. EVA Duration: 0.13 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Solovyov, Wolf. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-26, STS-86 Mir NASA-5. Spacecraft: Mir. Inspected station exterior..

• Landing of Soyuz TM-26 - . Return Crew: Eyharts, Solovyov, Vinogradov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Eyharts, Solovyov, Vinogradov. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-26, Soyuz TM-27, Soyuz TM-27 Mir Pegase, STS-89 Mir NASA-6.

  Solovyov and Vinogradov together with French astronaut Eyharts (launched aboard Soyuz TM-27) undocked from the forward port on Mir at 05:52 GMT on February 19, 1998, fired their deorbit engines at 08:16 GMT and landed in Kazakstan at 50 deg 11 N, 67 deg 31 E at 09:10 GMT.