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Mir Diary - 1992

A Chronology of mission events in orbit and on the ground. Mir existed for fifteen years growing from the original 20 tonne core module to a massive 130+ tonnes.

Date (UTC)

Time (UTC)

Event

1992 Jan 20

07:13

Progress M-10 undocks from Mir

1992 Jan 20

12:03

After a retro-firing of its manoeuvring engine, Progress M-10 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating

1992 Jan 25

07:50

Progress M-11 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 185 x 227 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination

1992 Jan 27

09:30

Progress M-11 docks automatically with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 374 x 377 kilometres

1992 Feb 20

00:21

Volkov and Krikalyov finish their space walk after 4 hours 12 minutes - the session has been cut short because a fault in a heat exchancher in Volkov's spacesuit

1992 Feb 20

20:09

Volkov and Krikalyov start a space walk to dismantle external expermental equipment and clean camera lenses

1992 Mar 13

08:43

Progress M-11 undocks from Mir

1992 Mar 13

15:47

After a retro-firing of its manoeuvring engine, Progress M-11 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating

1992 Mar 14

11:43

Soyuz TM-13 undocks from Mir with Volkov and Krikalyov aboard

1992 Mar 14

12:10

After Mir has completed a 180 degree rotation, Soyuz TM-13 docks with Mir's forward port

1992 Mar 17

10:54

Soyuz TM-14 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 187 x 221 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination with cosmonauts Aleksandr Viktorenko, Aleksandr Kaleri and Klaus-Dietrich Flade (Germany) aboard

1992 Mar 19

12:32

Soyuz TM-14 docks with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 381 x 403 kilometres

1992 Mar 25

05:26

Soyuz TM-13 undocks from Mir with Volkov, Krikalyov and Flade aboard

1992 Mar 25

07:55

Soyuz TM-13 makes its retro-fire

1992 Mar 25

08:51

Soyuz TM-13 lands

1992 Apr 19

21:29

Progress M-12 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 187 x 203 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination

1992 Apr 22

00:22

Progress M-12 docks automatically with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 375 x 396 kilometres

1992 Jun 25

21:35

Progress M-12 undocks from Mir

1992 Jun 28

00:02

After a retro-firing of its manoeuvring engine, Progress M-12 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating

1992 Jun 30

16:43

Progress M-13 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 185 x 227 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination

1992 Jul 2

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Progress M-13 approaches Mir but fails to dock

1992 Jul 4

16:55

At the second attempt, Progress M-13 docks automatically with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 388 x 411 kilometres

1992 Jul 8

12:38

Viktorenko and Kaleri start a space walk to inspect some of Mir's girodynes

1992 Jul 24

07:14

Progress M-13 undocks from Mir

1992 Jul 24

08:03

After a retro-firing of its manoeuvring engine, Progress M-13 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating

1992 Jul 27

06:08

Soyuz TM-15 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 196 x 216 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination with cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyoy, Sergei Avdeyev and Michel Tognini (France) aboard

1992 Jul 29

07:46

Soyuz TM-15 docks with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 406 x 410 kilometres

1992 Aug 8

14:41

Viktorenko and Kaleri finish their space walk after 2 hours 3 minutes

1992 Aug 9

21:46

Soyuz TM-14 undocks from Mir with Viktorenko, Kaleri and Tognini aboard

1992 Aug 10

00:10

Approximate time - Soyuz TM-14 makes its retro-fire

1992 Aug 10

01:04

Soyuz TM-14 lands - 40 seconds earlier than planned

1992 Aug 15

22:19

Progress M-14 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 187 x 221 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination

1992 Aug 18

00:20

Progress M-14 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 404 x 409 kilometres

1992 Sep 3

13:32

Solovyov and Avdeyev start a space walk to start attachment of a rocket engine to the end of the ,b>Sorora girder

1992 Sep 3

17:28

Solovyov and Avdeyev finish their space walk after 3 hours 56 minutes

1992 Sep 7

11:47

Solovyov and Avdeyev start a space walk to continue work on attaching a rocket engine to the end of the ,b>Sorora girder

1992 Sep 7

16:55

Solovyov and Avdeyev finish their space walk after 5 hours 8 minutes

1992 Sep 11

10:06

Solovyov and Avdeyev start a space walk to complete work on attaching a rocket engine to the end of the Sorora girder the also remove what is probably the last 'official' Soviet flag to be 'flying'

1992 Sep 11

15:50

Solovyov and Avdeyev finish their space walk after 5 hours 44 minutes

1992 Sep 15

07:49

Solovyov and Avdeyev start a space walk to install a 'Kurs' radio aerial on Kristall

1992 Sep 15

11:22

Solovyov and Avdeyev finish their space walk after 3 hours 33 minutes

1992 Sep 20

03:51

Tsibilyev and Serebrov start a space walk to continue work on the Rapana truss and installmaterial samples for exposure to space

1992 Sep 20

07:04

Tsibilyev and Serebrov finish their space walk after 3 hours 13 minutes

1992 Oct 21

16:46

Progress M-14 undocks from Mir

1992 Oct 21

23:12

After a retro-firing of its manoeuvring engine, Progress M-14 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating

1992 Oct 27

17:19

Progress M-15 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 187 x 205 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination

1992 Oct 29

19:05

Progress M-15 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 400 x 403 kilometres

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