Mir Science, New Suit Highlight Joint EVA

The 5-hr. extravehicular activity conducted Apr. 29 by U.S. and Russian crewmembers on the Mir station tested a new Russian Zvezda Orlan space suit and exchanged several hundred pounds of science instrumentation on Mir's exterior. Mir mission commander Vasily Tsibliev and U.S. astronaut Jerry...

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