MIRNEWS.305    21 MAY 1996

2d Spacewalk (EVA) crew 21st Main Expedition to MIR:

The EVA began on 20.05.96 at 2250UTC (opening hatch) and ended
on 21.05.96 at 0410UTC (so duration 5 hrs 20 mins.).
During the EVA all went well and that what the crew had to do
has been accomplished for 100% . The crew transferred a solar
battery from the outside of the docking compartment (SO) to
the Kvant-1 (Module-E). For their work the cosmonauts used the
2d Strela girder.

Radiotraffic between the cosmonauts and Sannon Lucid who kept
watch on board MIR went via the normal VHF-frequencies and was
relayed via the geostationary satellite Altair (Kosmos-2054)
on 16 dgs West. Shannon assisted the cosmonauts during the
putting on and off of their spacesuits. During the EVA she
took care for the systems of the spacestation and the communi
cations.

3d EVA:

This is on schedule in the night from 24 to 25.05.96.
Opening of the hatch on 24.05 at 2050UTC, closing of the hatch
on 25.05.96 at 0205UTC. During this EVA the cosmonauts will
deploy, connect and test the solarpanel on Kvant-1.

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