MIRNEWS.145    4 SEPTEMBER 1992

1ST EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITY SOLOVYOV/AVDEYEV:

This EVA started on 3.09.92 at 1330UTC (opening hatch airlock
Module-D) and ended at 1749UTC. This EVA is the 1st one in a
series to install the VDU (External Movements Control Motor) in
the Soforagirder of Kvant-1. The cosmonauts achieved the goals
of this EVA. They worked on the container in which the motor was
delivered by the freighter Progress-M14.
The cosmonauts will continue this work on 7.09.92.
It had been expected that during this EVA the cosmonauts would
haul down the Soviet flag still waving in the top of the
Soforagirder. They only replaced the flag, but certainly will
remove it during one of the next 3 or 4 EVA's.

During the EVA's OM Peter monitored the traffic from the Altair
satellite. This traffic will be analysed later.

Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.