Spacewalks from Mir (1987 - 1990)

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-02 Crew
Soyuz TM-2 Launch: February 5, 1987 Soyuz TM-2 Docking: February 7, 1987
Soyuz TM-2 Undocking: July 29, 1987 Soyuz TM-2 Landing: July 30, 1987
Soyuz TM-3 Undocking: December 29, 1987 Soyuz TM-3 Landing: December 29, 1987
Spacewalkers: Yuri Romanenko <> Aleksandr Laveykin
Mir EO-02 Crew: CDR Yuri Romanenko (Down - Soyuz TM-3) <>
FE Aleksandr Laveykin (Down - Soyuz TM-2)
Mir EO-02 Spacewalk 1 Romanenko and Laveykin removed a piece of cloth that prevented the hard docking of the Kvant-1 module with Mir Core module.
April 12, 1987
3 hours 35 minutes
Mir EO-02 Spacewalk 2 Romanenko and Laveykin installed the bottom half of Mir's top solar array.
June 12, 1987
1 hour 53 minutes
Mir EO-02 Spacewalk 3 Romanenko and Laveykin installed the top half of Mir's top solar array.
June 16, 1987
3 hours 15 minutes

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-03 Crew
Soyuz TM-4 Launch: December 21, 1987 Soyuz TM-4 Docking: December 23, 1987
Soyuz TM-6 Undocking: December 21, 1988 Soyuz TM-6 Landing: December 21, 1988
Spacewalkers: Vladimir Titov (Mir EO-03 Crew) <> Musa Manarov (Mir EO-03 Crew)
Mir EO-03 Crew: CDR Vladimir Titov <> FE Musa Manarov
Mir EO-03 Spacewalk 1 Titov and Manarov replaced one of four sections of Mir's top solar array. They also inspected Mir's exterior and a late-opening rendezvous antenna on the Progress 34 spacecraft.
February 26, 1988
4 hours 25 minutes
Mir EO-03 Spacewalk 2 Titov and Manarov started replacing the detector of the joint Dutch-British-Soviet TTM X-ray telescope on the Kvant-1 module.
June 30, 1988
5 hours 10 minutes
Mir EO-03 Spacewalk 3 Titov and Manarov completed replacing the TTM X-ray telescope's detector. They also tested the new Orlan-DMA spacesuits during this spacewalk.
October 20, 1988
4 hours 12 minutes
Hosted the Visiting LII-01 Crew
Visiting LII-01 Launch: December 21, 1987 Visiting LII-01 Docking: December 23, 1987
Visiting LII-01 Undocking: December 29, 1987 Visiting LII-01 Landing: December 29, 1987
Visiting LII-01 Crew: Anatoli Levchenko (Down - Soyuz TM-3)

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-04 and Aragatz Crews
Soyuz TM-6 Launch: August 29, 1988 Soyuz TM-6 Docking: August 31, 1988
Soyuz TM-7 Launch: November 26, 1988 Soyuz TM-7 Docking: November 28, 1988
Soyuz TM-7 Undocking: April 26, 1989 Soyuz TM-7 Landing: April 27, 1989
Spacewalkers: Aleksandr Volkov (Mir EO-04 Crew) <> Jean-Loup Chrétien (Aragatz)
Mir EO-04 Crew: CDR Aleksandr Volkov <> FE Sergei Krikalyov <>
MR Valeri Polyakov (Up - Soyuz TM-6)
Aragatz Spacewalk 1 Volkov and Chrétien deployed the ERA - a French deployable structure that was an engineering experiment for the Hermes Development Program and Columbus space station program.
September 12, 1988
5 hours 57 minutes
Hosted the Aragatz Mission
Aragatz Launch: November 26, 1988 Aragatz Docking: November 28, 1988
Aragatz Undocking: December 21, 1988 Aragatz Landing: December 21, 1988
Aragatz Mission: Jean-Loup Chrétien (France) (Down - Soyuz TM-6)

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-05 Crew
Soyuz TM-8 Launch: September 5, 1989 Soyuz TM-8 Docking: September 7, 1989
Soyuz TM-8 Undocking: February 19, 1990 Soyuz TM-8 Landing: February 19, 1990
Spacewalkers: Aleksandr Viktorenko <> Aleksandr Serebrov
Mir EO-05 Crew: CDR Aleksandr Viktorenko <> FE Aleksandr Serebrov
Mir EO-05 Spacewalk 1 Viktorenko and Serebrov installed new star trackers on the Kvant 1 module.
January 8, 1990
2 hours 56 minutes
Mir EO-05 Spacewalk 2 Viktorenko and Serebrov retrieved and installed space exposure experiments and relocated a docking drogue for Kristall's docking.
January 11, 1990
2 hours 54 minutes
Mir EO-05 Spacewalk 3 Viktorenko and Serebrov installed the SPK maneuvering unit's dock, and tested the Orlan-DMA spacesuits without an umbilical. The SPK was the Soviet equivalent of the American Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
January 26, 1990
3 hours 2 minutes
Mir EO-05 Spacewalk 4 Serebrov performed the first flight of the SPK maneuvering unit, while Viktorenko videotaped the flight.
February 1, 1990
4 hour 59 minutes
Mir EO-05 Spacewalk 5 Viktorenko tested the SPK maneuvering unit on its second flight. Serebrov attached the Spin-6000 device to the SPK to measure the radiation background and assisted Viktorenko with his SPK flight.
February 5, 1990
3 hours 45 minutes

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-06 Crew
Soyuz TM-9 Launched: February 11, 1990 Soyuz TM-9 Docking: February 13, 1990
Soyuz TM-9 Undocking: August 9, 1990 Soyuz TM-9 Landing: August 9, 1990
Spacewalkers: Anatoli Soloviyov <> Aleksandr Balandin
Mir EO-06 Crew: CDR Anatoli Soloviyov <> FE Aleksandr Balandin
Mir EO-06 Spacewalk 1 Soloviyov and Balandin repaired damaged thermal blankets on the Soyuz TM-9 spacecraft. Kvant 2's airlock hatch was damaged at the start of this spacewalk.
July 17, 1990
7 hours 0 minutes
Mir EO-06 Spacewalk 2 Soloviyov and Balandin retrieved tools and ladders from the Soyuz TM-9 worksite. They investigated and closed the damaged airlock hatch on the Kvant 2 module.
July 26, 1990
3 hours 31 minutes

Spacewalks by the Mir Main EO-07 Crew
Soyuz TM-10 Launch: August 1, 1990 Soyuz TM-10 Docking: August 3, 1990
Soyuz TM-10 Undocking: December 10, 1990 Soyuz TM-10 Landing: December 10, 1990
Spacewalkers: Gennadi Manakov <> Gennadi Strekalov
Mir EO-07 Crew: CDR Gennadi Manakov <> FE Gennadi Strekalov
Mir EO-07 Spacewalk 1 Manakov and Strekalov inspected the damaged Kvant 2 airlock lock, and attached a special latch to ensure adequate closure.
October 29, 1990
2 hours 45 minutes

Key
CDR Commander
FE Flight Engineer
MR Medical Researcher

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Updated - January 12, 2007