A Chronology of mission events in orbit and on the ground. Mir existed for fifteen years growing from the original 20 tonne core module to a massive 130+ tonnes.
| Date |
Time (UTC) |
Event |
| 1992 Jan 1 |
00:00 |
The Soviet Union ceases to exist - Volkov and Krikalev become the only humans to change nationality whilst in orbit! |
| 1992 Jan 20 |
07:13 |
Progress M-10 undocks from Mir |
| 1992 Jan 20 |
12:03 |
After a retro-firing of its manoeuvring engine, Progress M-10 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 1992 Jan 25 |
07:50 |
Progress M-11 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 185 x 227 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 1992 Jan 27 |
09:30 |
Progress M-11 docks automatically with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 374 x 377 kilometres |
| 1992 Feb 19 |
20:09 |
Volkov and Krikalyov start a space walk to dismantle external expermental equipment and clean camera lenses |
| 1992 Feb 20 |
00:21 |
Volkov and Krikalyov finish their space walk after 4 hours 12 minutes - the session has been cut short because a fault in a heat exchancher in Volkov's spacesuit |
| 1992 Mar 13 |
08:43 |
Progress M-11 undocks from Mir |
| 1992 Mar 13 |
15:47 |
After a retro-firing of its manoeuvring engine, Progress M-11 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 1992 Mar 14 |
11:43 |
Soyuz TM-13 undocks from Mir with Volkov and Krikalyov aboard |
| 1992 Mar 14 |
12:10 |
After Mir has completed a 180 degree rotation, Soyuz TM-13 docks with Mir's forward port |
| 1992 Mar 17 |
10:54 |
Soyuz TM-14 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 187 x 221 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination with cosmonauts Aleksandr Viktorenko, Aleksandr Kaleri and Klaus-Dietrich Flade (Germany) aboard |
| 1992 Mar 19 |
12:32 |
Soyuz TM-14 docks with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 381 x 403 kilometres |
| 1992 Mar 25 |
05:26 |
Soyuz TM-13 undocks from Mir with Volkov, Krikalyov and Flade aboard |
| 1992 Mar 25 |
07:55 |
Soyuz TM-13 makes its retro-fire |
| 1992 Mar 25 |
08:51 |
Soyuz TM-13 lands |
| 1992 Apr 19 |
21:29 |
Progress M-12 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 187 x 203 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 1992 Apr 22 |
00:22 |
Progress M-12 docks automatically with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 375 x 396 kilometres |
| 1992 Jun 25 |
21:35 |
Progress M-12 undocks from Mir |
| 1992 Jun 28 |
00:02 |
After a retro-firing of its manoeuvring engine, Progress M-12 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 1992 Jun 30 |
16:43 |
Progress M-13 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 185 x 227 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 1992 Jul 2 |
|
Progress M-13 approaches Mir but fails to dock |
| 1992 Jul 4 |
16:55 |
At the second attempt, Progress M-13 docks automatically with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 388 x 411 kilometres |
| 1992 Jul 8 |
12:38 |
Viktorenko and Kaleri start a space walk to inspect some of Mir's girodynes |
| 1992 Jul 24 |
07:14 |
Progress M-13 undocks from Mir |
| 1992 Jul 24 |
08:03 |
After a retro-firing of its manoeuvring engine, Progress M-13 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 1992 Jul 27 |
06:08 |
Soyuz TM-15 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 196 x 216 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination with cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyoy, Sergei Avdeyev and Michel Tognini (France) aboard |
| 1992 Jul 29 |
07:46 |
Soyuz TM-15 docks with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 406 x 410 kilometres |
| 1992 Aug 8 |
14:41 |
Viktorenko and Kaleri finish their space walk after 2 hours 3 minutes |
| 1992 Aug 9 |
21:46 |
Soyuz TM-14 undocks from Mir with Viktorenko, Kaleri and Tognini aboard |
| 1992 Aug 10 |
00:10 |
Approximate time - Soyuz TM-14 makes its retro-fire |
| 1992 Aug 10 |
01:04 |
Soyuz TM-14 lands - 40 seconds earlier than planned |
| 1992 Aug 15 |
22:19 |
Progress M-14 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 187 x 221 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 1992 Aug 18 |
00:20 |
Progress M-14 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 404 x 409 kilometres |
| 1992 Sep 3 |
13:32 |
Solovyov and Avdeyev start a space walk to start attachment of a rocket engine to the end of the ,b>Sorora girder |
| 1992 Sep 3 |
17:28 |
Solovyov and Avdeyev finish their space walk after 3 hours 56 minutes |
| 1992 Sep 7 |
11:47 |
Solovyov and Avdeyev start a space walk to continue work on attaching a rocket engine to the end of the ,b>Sorora girder |
| 1992 Sep 7 |
16:55 |
Solovyov and Avdeyev finish their space walk after 5 hours 8 minutes |
| 1992 Sep 11 |
10:06 |
Solovyov and Avdeyev start a space walk to complete work on attaching a rocket engine to the end of the Sorora girder the also remove what is probably the last 'official' Soviet flag to be 'flying' |
| 1992 Sep 11 |
15:50 |
Solovyov and Avdeyev finish their space walk after 5 hours 44 minutes |
| 1992 Sep 15 |
07:49 |
Solovyov and Avdeyev start a space walk to install a 'Kurs' radio aerial on Kristall |
| 1992 Sep 15 |
11:22 |
Solovyov and Avdeyev finish their space walk after 3 hours 33 minutes |
| 1992 Sep 20 |
03:51 |
Tsibilyev and Serebrov start a space walk to continue work on the Rapana truss and installmaterial samples for exposure to space |
| 1992 Sep 20 |
07:04 |
Tsibilyev and Serebrov finish their space walk after 3 hours 13 minutes |
| 1992 Oct 21 |
16:46 |
Progress M-14 undocks from Mir |
| 1992 Oct 21 |
23:12 |
After a retro-firing of its manoeuvring engine, Progress M-14 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 1992 Oct 27 |
17:19 |
Progress M-15 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 187 x 205 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 1992 Oct 29 |
19:05 |
Progress M-15 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 400 x 403 kilometres |
| 1992 Nov 20 |
09:00 |
Mak 2 small satellite released from Mir airlock for studying physical processes in the Earth's ionosphere |
