Mir EO-3
| Mission type | Mir expedition |
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| Mission duration | 365.94 days (launch to landing) |
| Expedition | |
| Space Station | Mir |
| Began | 21 December 1987 |
| Ended | 21 December 1988, 02:32:54 UTC |
| Arrived aboard |
Soyuz TM-4 Polyakov: Soyuz TM-6 |
| Departed aboard |
Soyuz TM-6 Polyakov: Soyuz TM-7 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | Two |
| Members |
Vladimir Titov Musa Manarov Valeri Polyakov* * - Transferred to EO-4 |
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Long-term Mir expeditions
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Mir EO-3 (also called Mir Principal Expedition 3) was an expedition to the space station Mir. The crew consisted of 3 people, Musa Manarov (Commander), Vladimir Titov (Flight Engineer) and Valeri Polyakov (Research Doctor). Manarov and Titov arrived at the station in December 1987 on Soyuz TM-4, while Polyakov arrived much later, in August 1988 on Soyuz TM-6. After the arrival of Polyakov, medical experiments became more intensive.
Upon docking to Mir; Titov and Manarov became the third resident crew. Both performed three EVAs. Polyakov joined the crew later separately.
In the first week of the mission they performed biological experiments (with onions and fishes for example) and installed the Aynur biological crystal growth apparatus, which they had delivered to the station, into Kvant-1. Titov and Manarov conducted part of an ongoing survey of galaxies and star groups in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum using the Glazar telescope on Kvant. The survey required photography with exposure times of up to 8 minutes. Other work included Earth observation and experiments on the fields of materials sciences, meteorology, space technology, physiology, psychology, medical sciences and astronomical research, using the Marija-research apparatus. In total the crew performed over 2000 experiments.
In June 1988, the spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 arrived at the station carrying the three-person visiting crew of Mir EP-2. The crew consisted of two Soviets, Commander Solovyev and Flight Engineer Savinykh, as well as the Bulgarian research cosmonaut Aleksandr Aleksandrov (not to be confused with Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr Aleksandrov, who was part of the long-duration Mir EO-2 crew).
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