Mir EO-20
Mir EO-20 was a long-duration Mir expedition and ESA's EuroMir 95 mission. Yuri Gidzenko, Sergei Avdeyev, and Thomas Reiter launched from Baikonur on Soyuz TM-22 on September 3, 1995, docked with Mir on September 5, and returned aboard the same spacecraft on February 29, 1996. The mission combined Russian resident station operations with an extended ESA research program for Reiter, who became the first German to perform a spacewalk. The crew supported station research, Shuttle-Mir traffic including STS-74's docking-module delivery, Progress operations, and a set of EVAs and internal transfer-compartment work around Mir external and docking systems.
Identity
- Aliases
- Mir Expedition 20Mir-20Soyuz TM-22EuroMir 95Euromir 95
- Name
- Mir EO-20
- Slug
- mir-eo-20
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- Mir EO-20 was a long-duration Mir expedition and ESA's EuroMir 95 mission. Yuri Gidzenko, Sergei Avdeyev, and Thomas Reiter launched from Baikonur on Soyuz TM-22 on September 3, 1995, docked with Mir on September 5, and returned aboard the same spacecraft on February 29, 1996. The mission combined Russian resident station operations with an extended ESA research program for Reiter, who became the first German to perform a spacewalk. The crew supported station research, Shuttle-Mir traffic including STS-74's docking-module delivery, Progress operations, and a set of EVAs and internal transfer-compartment work around Mir external and docking systems.
- End Date
- 1996-02-29
- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Completed. Gidzenko, Avdeyev, and Reiter operated Mir for 179 days, supported EuroMir 95 and Shuttle-Mir operations, completed several external or transfer-compartment work periods, and returned safely aboard Soyuz TM-22.
- Program
- Mir
- Space Station Id
- ms7pew70vq5198mpes6e0xyhex89xvmg
- Start Date
- 1995-09-03
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
- nh7r3bx3jsjmg5a92e2wdwv5t58a5t2e
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.spacefacts.de/mir/english/mir-20.htm
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_EO-20
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/8/2026, 8:59:20 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/8/2026, 8:59:20 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
- vh7c9dcm6eswqyvh2vsqq53es57ngjhr
- Role
- Mir and Soyuz operator
- Organization Id
- vh76e0gh65et98bds1b49cvt8h89n8e5
- Role
- ESA mission partner
- Organization Id
- vh72atffz4qz4qmbtbrxs8q2vx7ngmwh
- Role
- German mission partner
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
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- Role
- Commander
- Astronaut Id
- td7ds28g24zmtkbgewrqay9f858a5t58
- Role
- Flight Engineer
- Astronaut Id
- td76c2w6ewey049p1ttaz7qsf589tg8c
- Role
- Flight Engineer / ESA EuroMir 95