MIRNEWS.380                          25 AUGUST 1997
Internal Spacewalk (IVA):  accomplished on 22.08.97 from 1114-1430UTC.  Some 
minor technical irregularities caused a de lay of more than 2 hours.  The 
crew worked according to a checklist (cyclogram).  This checklist contained 
hundreds of items. The activities according to this checklist continued when 
the MIR was out of range of tracking stations or the g eostationary Altair-2. 
This time Altair-2  was  in use for phone conversations  only.  Altair-2 was 
active long before the IVA began, for instance during orbit 65734 from 
0640-0732UTC.  The crew donned their spacesuits and Foale went on b oard 
Soyuz-TM26. 
According to plan the preparations for the IVA had to be concluded and the 
hatch to Spektr had to be opened during the window in orb. 65735,  
0826-0910UTC.  A valve (KVD) between the P.Kh.O. and one of the modules 
(possibly module-T) coul d not be closed which caused a delay of about 1 
hour. 
In orbit 65736 (0958-1043UTC) all went well and at 1015UTC the pressure in 
P.Kh.O. (serving as  airlock for this IVA)  was 50 mm.  At that moment the 
pressure in the space suit of Vinogradov decreased due to a leak in his left 
glove.  The
 crew immediately repressurized the P.Kh.O.  They did this before the end of 
the window and Vinogradov could put on a s pare glove.   At 1114UTC when the 
MIR was out of range the hatch to Spektr had been opened. 
Orbit 65737,  1135-1216UTC.: IVA going on.  All went well. Solovyov had 
joined Vinogradov inside the module. Vinogradov
 had already connected cables at the connectors of the new hatch and  except 
for a single cable he did  not met  proble ms. During this window and the 
following one (orb. 65738/39, 1310-1400UTC)  V. and S.  inspected the 
interior of Spektr
 and retrieved a lot of  thusfar not specified items from there. During these 
activities they consulted Foale. Vinograd ov reported that he saw ventilators 
and pumps which were still working.  He and S.  did not find  traces of 
exploded mo nitors or test-tubes.  They did not succeed in finding places 
where the hull of Spektr had been penetrated.  At last V.
 and S. left the Spektr to  prepare the closure of the hatch.  Foale , 
keeping  a log book,  reported that  the hatch h ad been closed at 1430UTC. 
After repressurizing the P.Kh.O. in orb. 65740 (1448-1528UTC), Foale joined 
his colleagues over there. In a short state ment he expressed his admiration  
for the achievements of his crewmates and  those on Earth who had been 
working on thi s operation. 
Chris Vandenberg, NL-9165/A-UK3202
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