Subject: Mirnews 278 by Chris vd Berg (forwarded)
From: Gert-Jan Bartelds <[email-masked]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 95 18:42:28 EST

Am I correct that the list has become *very* quiet, or is there just nothing 
getting through to me? Last msg. I had was on Nov 2.  Anyway, here's the 
latest Mirnews report prepared by Chris.   Gert-Jan  [email-masked]
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>From:    Chris Vandenberg                       
To:      All                                    Msg #396, 06-Nov-95 22:32:28
Subject: MIRNEWS.278

MIRNEWS.278              6 NOVEMBER 1995

MIR-routine: 
 
   Starting on 1.11.95 there were problems with the system for the cooling
of MIR's atmosphere.  This system, K.O.Kh-1, showed a malfunction due to a
leakage.  It took a lot of time and efforts to find this leakage and to
repair it.  During the drafting of this report the crew was still working
on it. To get some cool air the crew used alternative systems and the
air-conditioning of some modules and even that of the life-compartment of
the Soyuz-TM22. And of course: something *was* wrong and that is why the evil
reached the media!  The problems with the cooling caused delays in a number
of Euromir95 experiments. Possibly the work with those experiments has been
resumed today or will be so by tomorrow.

Atlantis (STS-74): 

    This shuttle will deliver a Russian docking-module (5 meters long) to
the MIR-complex. The Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will work with a
manipulator-arm to erect the module and connect this with a docking port in
the cargobay of Atlantis. The next step will be the docking at the Module-T
(Kristall), still attached at the radialport of the transition-section
(P.Kh.O.). For a few days the docking-module will act as a tunnel through
which both crews can float between the spacestation and the shuttle.
Atlantis will ultimately separate from that docking-module which will be a
part of the MIR-complex from that moment on.

The flightplan of Atlantis:
   Launch 11.11.95 at 1257UTC, docking to MIR on 14.11.95, separation from
MIR's new docking-module on 17.11.95 and return to earth on 19.11.95. During
recent radiotraffic Gidzenko told TsUP that the MIR crew with pleasure
accepted the invitation of their Atlantis colleagues for a lunch on board
the shuttle. The Atlantis will deliver 20 KG soft- and hardware for
replacements and supplements for the Euromir95 program.  During periods in
which MIR and Atlantis can see each other they possibly use the following
frequencies for phone: 121.750 and 130.165 mc and amateur-frequencies.

Radio-amateurtraffic: 

    MIR still uses 145.550mc for packet-radio. On 30.10.1995 R0MIR used
145.850mc for downlink with amateurs in Russia. The uplink-frequency is
145.250mc. Technical imperfections and missing accessories caused some
setbacks in the Safex program. One thing is for sure: Reiter and Avdeyev
are doing their best.

--- Maximus 2.01
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