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Mir EO-19

Mir EO-19 carried Anatoli Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin to Mir aboard STS-71 in the first Shuttle-Mir docking and returned them aboard Soyuz TM-21. During the 75-day expedition they performed three EVAs to repair and deploy a Spektr solar array, prepare external equipment, and install the Belgian MirAS spectrometer.

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Mir Expedition 19Mir-19STS-71 / Soyuz TM-21
Name
Mir EO-19
Status
completed

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Description
Mir EO-19 carried Anatoli Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin to Mir aboard STS-71 in the first Shuttle-Mir docking and returned them aboard Soyuz TM-21. During the 75-day expedition they performed three EVAs to repair and deploy a Spektr solar array, prepare external equipment, and install the Belgian MirAS spectrometer.
End Date
1995-09-11
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Outcome
Completed the first Shuttle-delivered Mir resident expedition and returned Solovyev and Budarin safely aboard Soyuz TM-21.
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Start Date
1995-06-27
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July 14, 2026 at 05:43:30 UTC
Updated Time
July 29, 2026 at 08:53:54 UTC

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Mir EO-19 Mir Expedition 19 Mir-19 STS-71 / Soyuz TM-21
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