MIRNEWS.122    21 FEBRUARY 1992

EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITY MIR-CREW:

The EVA started on 20 Febr. 1992 at 2010UTC and lasted until 21 Febr. 1992 at
0022UTC. During the pass in orb. 34398, 2304UTC, the EVA was still going on.
Krikalyov told TsUP that Volkov felt very well. TsUP asked for Volkov's
condition for Volkov had problems with the cooling of his space-suit. The
autonomous life support system in his backpack had a malfunction. He tried to
cool down by hiding in the shadow, but this did not work. So he connected his
spacesuit with the life-support connection near the hatch of Module-D, switched
off his autonomous system and continued his work. (Press reports said that he
had to go back inside the complex, but he stayed outside.) The cosmonauts
removed and changed experiments with materials which had been in space for a
long time. The effects on these materials, to be used for the construction of
space vehicles. Krikalyov retrieved some solarcells, which had been fixed on a
little experimental solar-battery. The effects of outerspace on the endurance
and capacity of these cells will be studied on earth. During the EVA the
cosmonauts had to try to clean some windows, but they had to skip this.
During the next 3 passes (at 0037, 0213 and 0347UTC) there was a lot of
radiotraffic. After his return on board Krikalyov was cold for a long time.
He also had some skin-irritation of his hands caused by his gloves and moisture.
Volkov recommended him to use a green cream.
For this crew this has been the last EVA during this expedition.

RELIEF- AND STAND-IN CREWS:

On February 19, together with their German guests, these crews started their
final training for the flight with Soyuz-TM14 on March 17, 1992. This final
training takes place in Starcity.

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