Subject: MIRNEWS.382
From: "C.M. van den Berg" <[email-masked]>
To: "Adam Tanner" <[email-masked]>, "Dan Gauthier" <[email-masked]>, "dirk rensink" <[email-masked]>, "Dave Larsen" <[email-masked]>, "Jonathan McDowell" <[email-masked]>, "Friends Partners Space" <[email-masked]>, "Mats Rieschel" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 17:04:19 +0200

MIRNEWS.382                                6 SEPTEMBER 1997

Spacewalk (EVA): The EVA began on 6.09 at 0107UTC (hatch open) and ended at
0707UTC (hatch closed). Everything went well.  Directed by the old hand
Solovyov (this was his 10th EVA!) Foale did all what he was supposed to do.
His main job was the operation of the Strela ,  the crane to transport
Solovyov to Spektr. Regularly instructed by Solovyov he did this in  a
perfect way. Vinogradov observed the 'spacewalkers' from inside  MIR, 
helped them with advices and made images using video- and other camera's. 
After 0230UTC the Russians used every 'window' of Altair-2,  but mainly for
phone only. Towards the end of the first window there was a short video
transmission in which images made by Vinogradov could be monitored.   The
inspection of the outersurface of Spektr lasted longer than planned. 

Solovyov reported about the damages  suffered by Spektr.  One solarpanel
and some radiators were severely damaged. Support struts were broken or 
buckled. Solovyov did not find holes or punctures. The  planned
installation of a cap for the  outlet valve for a Vozdukh CO2 scrubber in
the Base Block has been put back until another EVA.  

During the EVA everybody was in a good mood. Although  Solovyov had a
difficult task to perform , even  now and then his gasping could be heard,
he was fully in control of the situation. Before  entering the air-lock
Foale had dismantled an American radiation dosimeter for retrieval.  

At abt. 0702UTC both 'spacewalkers' entered the air-lock and at 0704UTC
Foale got orders to close the hatch. Initially the hatch could not be
closed, but  after using some extra effort  Foale could  report at 0707UTC 
that he had succeeded. Solovyov   confirmed this after seeing an  indicator
showing  the sign 'hatch closed'.  

This time  for the Russians  MOLODTSY and for Foale:   WELL DONE. 

Chris Vandenberg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.