1999 in Spaceflight - EVAs

EVAs

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Function Remarks
16 April
04:37
6 hours
19 minutes
10:56 Mir EO-27
Kvant-2
Viktor Afanasyev
Jean-Pierre Haigneré
Recovered experiments from the exterior of Mir and installed other experiments on the outer surface.
30 May
02:56
7 hours
55 minutes
10:51 STS-96
ISS Discovery
Tamara E. Jernigan
Daniel T. Barry
Transferred and installed two cranes from the shuttle's payload bay to locations on the outside of the station. Installed two new portable foot restraints that will fit both American and Russian space boots, and attached three bags filled with tools and handrails that will be used during future assembly operations.
23 July
11:06
6 hours
7 minutes
17:13 Mir EO-27
Kvant-2
Viktor Afanasyev
Sergei Avdeyev
Installed a communications antenna on the Sofora girder, and attempted to find a leak in Kvant-2. Retrieved the Exobiology and Dvikon experiments.
28 July
09:37
5 hours
22 minutes
14:59 Mir EO-27
Kvant-2
Viktor Afanasyev
Sergei Avdeyev
Completed the deployment of the antenna mounted on the Sofora girder and pushed it into space. Installed the experiments Indicator and Sprut-4, traded out tape cassettes on the Migmas ion spectromer and recovered the Danko-M and Ekran-D experiments for return to Earth.
22 December
18:54
8 hours
15 minutes
23 December
03:09
STS-103
Discovery
Steven Smith
John M. Grunsfeld
Replaced three Rate Sensor Units, installed Voltage/Temperature Improvement Kits on all six batteries. Hubble Space Telescope servicing
23 December
19:06
8 hours
10 minutes
24 December
03:16
STS-103
Discovery
/Michael Foale
Claude Nicollier
Replaced the telescope's central computer and a Fine Guidance Sensor. Hubble Space Telescope servicing
24 December
19:17
8 hours
8 minutes
25 December
03:25
STS-103
Discovery
Steven Smith
John M. Grunsfeld
Installed a transmitter and a solid state recorder. Hubble Space Telescope servicing

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