Mir EO-23

Mir EO-23
Mission type Mir expedition
Expedition
Space Station Mir
Began 10 February 1997 (1997-02-10)
Ended 5 August 1997 (1997-08-06)
Arrived aboard Soyuz TM-25
Linenger: STS-81
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Foale: STS-84
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Departed aboard Soyuz TM-25
Linenger: STS-84
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Foale: STS-86
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Crew
Crew size 3
Members Vasily Tsibliyev
Aleksandr Lazutkin
Jerry Linenger* (February-May)
Colin Michael Foale†
* - transferred from EO-22
† - transferred to EO-23

Long-term Mir expeditions

Mir EO-23 was the 23rd long-duration mission to Russia's Mir space station.

Crew

This mission was part of the Shuttle-Mir Program, in which three American astronauts flew aboard the station during Mir EO-23.

Position First Part
(February 1997 to May 1997)		 Second Part
(May 1997 to August 1997)
Commander Russia Vasily Tsibliyev
Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Aleksandr Lazutkin
Only spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Jerry Linenger
Second spaceflight		 United Kingdom United States Michael Foale
Fourth spaceflight

Note: Germany Reinhold Ewald Joined the Soyuz TM-24 crew on the way home from Mir, after launching with Soyuz TM-25 crewmembers Vasily Tsibliyev and Aleksandr Lazutkin at the start of Mir EO-23, Foale remained aboard Mir as part of EO-23 crew after the end of EO-23.

See also

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