Subject: Mirnews.324
From: "Hans G. Janssen" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 14:46:51 +0100

MIRNEWS.324                           19 AUGUST 1996
  
  Soyuz-TM24  docked at MIR:
  
  De S-TM24  docked at MIR on 19.08.1996 at 14.50.21UTC.
  Approach and docking took place in the automatic mode
  with the system Kurs.  This in contradiction to the
  information about Kurs in MIRNEWS.323.  This information
  came from a usually reliable source who possibly
  misinterpreted a message of a press-agency. 
  Radiotraffic during the passes after the successful
  docking revealed that the new crew and Claudie Andre-
  Deshays still were in good health and mood after the 2-
  days flight.  A very cheerful Claudie told a countryman
  at TsUP that she will use the module Priroda as her
  guest-room.  Shannon Lucid is staying in the module
  Spektr. 
  
  Soyuz-TM23: This ship will return to earth on 2.09.1996
  with the relieved crew of ME 21 and Claudie. 
  
  Progress-M32: This freighter is flying in a somewhat
  higher orbit than MIR. Pr-M32 will redock at MIR on
  3.09.1996.   
  
  Chris v.d. Berg,  NL-9165/A-UK3202