MIRNEWS.219 9 JULY 1994 Soyuz-TM18 safely landed in Kazakhstan: The relieved cosmonauts Afanasyev and Usachov landed with the Descent Module of the S-TM18 at 100 KM NE of Arkalyk on 9.07.- 94 at 1033UTC. Radiotraffic of S-TM18 during the descent -also the ANAN aiming beacon- could be monitored via Altair until 1020UTC. Immediately after the landing the cosmonauts boarded an aircraft for a nonstop flight to Star City near Moscow. MIR: 2 days ago the command of the MIR-complex was handed over by Afanasyev to Malenchenko. From this moment on the callsign of Polyakov changed from Derbent-3 to Agat-3. Soyuz-TM19: This ship is still docked to the aft (Kvant-1) docking port of the MIR-complex. Contrary to the normal practice this ship will remain there, so no redocking from the aft to the forward docking port has been planned. One of the reasons may be the future operations with modules like Module- T (Kristall), Spektr and Priroda. Progress-M24: Thusfar the launch of this freighter is still on schedule for 13.07.94. Trackingships: On 8.07.94 the trackingship Kosmonavt Pavel Belyayev moored in the port of Antwerp. A few hours later I visited the ship for a long interview with the Chief of the Expedition of KPB. I was able to follow the movements of the ship and to determine her destination by monitoring radiotraffic between the ship and the MIR-station. The chief answered a lot of questions regarding the fate and future of the famous fleet of trackingships. The KPB is now on her way to Sankt Peterburg. A ship to take over her task in the Atlantic did not show up but remained in Sankt Peterburg due to budget problems. Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.