News IK1SLD       February 1, 2000

Progress M1-1 Launched Feb. 1, 2000 - 06:47 UTC and Docked to Mir Space Station

Hello,

Progress M1-1 (11F615A55 No.250) was successfully launched at 06:47:23.310 UTC today February 1,2000.

Bets regards,
Vladimir Agapov

New Crew for the MIR Space Station

March 31, 2000 will be a great day: a new mission to MIR is scheduled !
The Crew will be: Sergey Zalyotin and Aleksandr Kaleri.


Click to see a Zalyotin's photo with David Wolf and Wendy Lawrence during watersurvival training in the Black Sea

 Sergey Viktorovich Zalyotin
Profession: Pilot
Birth Date: 21 April 1962
Birth City: Shchekino
Birth State: Tula
Birth Country: Russia
Nationality: Russian
Affiliation: Soviet Air Force
Group: 1990 Air Force Group
Detachment: TsPK-11
Date Selected: 08 Aug 1990


Click to see Alexander Kaleri during a contact with Amateur Radio from Mir Space Station

 Aleksandr Yuryevich Kaleri
Profession: Engineer
Birth Date: 13 May 1956
Birth City: Yurmala
Birth Country: Latvia
Nationality: Russian
Affiliation: Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO
Group: 1984 Civilian Engineer Group
Detachment: NPOE-6
Date Selected: 15 Feb 1984
Number of Flights: 2
Total Time: 342.32 days
Number of EVAs: 3
Total EVA Time: 14.60 hours

Aleksandr Kaleri

Aleksandr Yuryevich Kaleri, Mir 22 flight engineer,  graduated from Moscow Physics-technical Institute in 1979 and is now an Energia cosmonaut.

From Mar 17 through August 10, 1992, Kaleri fulfilled a 146-day mission aboard the Mir. During that time he performed one EVA and participated in joint operations with guest cosmonaut researchers Klaus-Dietrich Flade of Germany and Michel Tognini of France.

Kaleri, along with Mir 22 Commander Valeri Korzun, was launched aboard a Soyuz-TM transport vehicle at the start of the Mir 22 mission on August 17, 1996. They were welcomed the Mir station two days later by the Mir 21/NASA 2 crew of Onufrienko, Usachev, and Lucid.

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