MIRNEWS.166    25 MARCH 1993

PROGRESS-M16:

On 21 and 22.03.93 the engines of this freighter corrected
MIR's orbit. This seemed to be the last contribution of Pr-M16 to Russian
spaceflight, but it appeared that Pr-M16 still has to do a lot of work.

On 27.03.93 at 0650UTC Pr-M16 will undock from MIR, but this time not to
conclude its existence. For some time Pr-M16 will fly autonomously manoeuvred
by telecommands from the MIR-crew. In a distance of abt. 80 M Pr-M16 will
make images and films of the MIR-complex. After these and other experiments
the crew will dock the Pr-M

PROGRESS-M17:

Launch of this freighter still on schedule for 31.03.93.

MIR:

During recent passes the crew was very busy preparing the operations
with Pr-M16. During the pass in orb. 40606, 1150UTC, on 25.03.93 the crew did
airseal checks in Kvant-1. They also connected the electronic devices of the
remote-control system and ...

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