MIRNEWS.229 13 SEPTEMBER 1994 2 Spacewalks (EVA-s): On 9.09.1994 Malenchenko and Musabayev worked in open space for the first time. The duration of the EVA was more than 4 hours (a reliable source even spoke about 5 hrs 2 mins.). During the pass in orb. 48915, 1200-1207UTC, so within our VHF-range, they reported the closure of the hatch at 1202UTC. During this EVA they inspected the outside of the whole com plex, installed on outside platforms experimental materials for exposure to open space and removed other experiments of that kind for storage inside the complex. They repaired the damaged thermo-isolation layer on the transitionsection (P.Kh.O.) of which a piece of 30x40 cm had been torn away during the collision with Soyuz-TM17 in January 1994. The inspection made clear that the toughes of the freighter Pro gress-M24 during its 2d approach on 30.08.94 did not cause significant damages. On 13.09.1994 they worked in open space for the 2d time. The EVA lasted 6 hrs and 1 min between 0631UTC (opening of the hatch) and 1232UTC (closure of the hatch). The cosmonauts did a lot of minor repairs, replacements of bolts, screws, etc. of platforms and equipment on the outer surface of the complex. They also spoke about an old antenna. Activities of that kind must be done now and then, but have been often neglected during EVA's due to more important matters. The cosmonauts also did some preparatory work aimed at the future transfer of the solarbatteries from Kristall to Kvant-1. This transfer has been put back again, now even to the beginning of 1995. Radiocommunications: During EVA-s the frequency of the VHFdownlink is somewhat lower: 143.622 mc, shifting by Doppler to 143.617 mc. Listeners in Western-Europe, inclusive UK, who monitor MIR-traffic during EVA's often experience heavy inter ferences caused by cross-modulation from an airtraffic control frequency. Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.