Sujet

Russian federation, moscow,the russian-us crew on board russia's orbiter mir check air-tightness of the station's faulty hatch section

Légende

Russian federation, moscow,the russian-us crew on board russia's orbiter mir check air-tightness of the station's faulty hatch section on thursday night,the hatch section of the kvant ll module undergone manifold pressurization, after which ground experts would try to estimate air pressure downfall rates or receive evidence that all the airlocks have been patched, crew commander solovyov and wolf left the station's insides at 00,12 moscow time on thursday (21,12 gmt, january 14) for a sortie which took about 210 minutes, according to plans, it was the 16th space walk of mir commander solovyov (pictured), in his five missions since 1988, solovyov holds the world record of over 72 hours in outer space, july 27, 1989.

Date

01 févr. 1989

Crédit

Photo12/Sovfoto/UIG

Notre référence

UMG20B05_309

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

25,1Mo (2,8Mo) / 20,3cm x 31,0cm / 2400 x 3657 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Space Russian science technology cosmonauts astronauts USSR Soviet Union Soviet Space Program exploration space flight space race

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Utilisation éditoriale uniquement.