MIRNEWS.176    23 JUNE 1993

2d EVA (spacewalk) MIR-crew:

Manakov and Polishchuk executed another EVA on 18 June 1993. They opened
the hatch at 1730UTC and concluded their EVA at 2230UTC by closing the
hatch behind them. The crew continued work for the replacement of
Kristall's solarpanels to Kvant-1. They did not yet replace them, but
worked on a cable, which had to be installed on Kvant-1 before the
installation there of the solarbatteries during the next EVA. Thusfar it is
still unknown when, but certainly not by this crew.

Crew and stand-in crew for Soyuz-TM17:

They arrived on Baykonur for final training and preparations. 
During his stay on board the French cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Haignere (or his
stand in Claudie Andre-Deshays) will execute the French scientific program
Altair.

Soyuz-TM17:

Launch from Baykonur on 1 July 1993 at 1433UTC, docking to the MIR complex
on 3 July 1993 between 1615 and 1620UTC. Just before docking Progress-M17
will undock for decay in the atmosphere. The crew on board the approaching
S-TM17 will observe the undocking and further movements of Pr-M17.

Soyuz-TM16:

On board of this ship the present crew and the French guest will return to
earth on 22 July 1993. Their landing in Kazakhstan can be expected between
0625 and 0645UTC.

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