RUSSIA/IN SPACE: COSMONAUTS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE FROM MIR SPACE STATION TO DISCUSS RUSSIAN-EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCIES JOINT MISSION

Record ID: 646242

  • Title: RUSSIA/IN SPACE: COSMONAUTS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE FROM MIR SPACE STATION TO DISCUSS RUSSIAN-EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCIES JOINT MISSION
  • Date: 25th October 1994
  • Summary: NEAR MOSCOW, RUSSIA/ ABOARD MIR SPACE STATION (OCTOBER 25, 1994) (REUTERS TELEVISION - AVAILABLE ALL) 1. WS EXTERIOR SPACE CONTROL CENTRE NEAR MOSCOW 0.05 2. CU DEPUTY COMMANDER OF SPACE CONTROL CENTRE "MIR", VIKTOR BLAGOV SAYS MISSION ENCOUNTERED POWER SHORTAGE PROBLEMS DURING THE FLIGHT. EXPLAINS MIR STATION POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED ON OCTOBER 11 WHICH RESULTED IN STOPPAGE OF SEVERAL MEDICAL EXPERIMENT PROGRAMMES. SAYS THE PROBLEMS WERE SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED AFTER TWO DAYS AND SINCE THEN ALL WORKS WERE RESTORED (RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION) 0.37 3. WS INTERIOR SPACE CONTROL CENTRE 0.43 IN SPACE (REUTERS TELEVISION -AVAILABLE ALL) 4. GV GERMAN ASTRONAUT ON BOARD "MIR" SPACE STATION, ULF MERBOLD SPEAKING ABOUT EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED ON THE WORK OF HUMAN SENSES IN EXTREME CONDITIONS (GERMAN) / ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD BEHIND HIM 1.03 5. GV VARIOUS VIEWS OF THE EARTH (RUSSIAN COMMENTARY) 1.25 6. GV ASTRONAUTS 1.29 7. GV FEMALE CREW MEMBER ELENA KONDAKOVA TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF ADAPTING TO THE ENVIRONMENT DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS IN SPACE (RUSSIAN) 1.36 8. GV WOMEN IN SPACE CONTROL CENTRE WATCHING ASTRONAUTS ON SCREEN 1.41 9. WS WORKERS IN SPACE CONTROL CENTRE 1.45 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 9th November 1994 12:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW/ABOARD MIR SPACE STATION
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  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA3Y3O43UVS0R4SKMJSIUVJZ65W
  • Story Text: Cosmonauts aboard Russia's Mir space station held a news conference from aboard their home in orbit on Tuesday (October 25) to discuss their joint Russian-European space agencies mission.

    Before the television link-up took place, reporters were briefed on the mission to date.

    The cosmonauts have experienced power shortage problems during the flight. The space station suffered a major power malfunction on October 11 which stopped several medical experiments.

    Space Control Centre deputy commander Viktor Blagov said the problems were resolved two days later and the experiments restored.

    German scientist Ulf Merbold said he was using the mission to investigate the effect of extreme conditions on the human senses.

    He said some of his findings would be very useful in treating various diseases.

    The only female member of the crew, Elena Kondakova, said she had difficulty adjusting to space flight in the first few days of the mission, but she had adapted.


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