[FPSPACE] Critical spacewalk Saves of the Past

[Geert Sassen]

Good day,

I would add the repair of the Soyuz TM 9 thermal blankets by 
Solovyov/Balandin (the same spacewalk where they damaged the Kwant 2 
hatch and had to use the 2nd compartment as emergency airlock, almost 
depleting their Orlan suits). Should be worth a third place on your list.

The Mir/Kvant docking fouling spacewalk was more or less repeated early 
on in the ISS construction (with one of the Progress ships if I remember 
correctly?).

The internal EVA on Mir after the Spektr de-pressurization might also count?

And, certainly, freeing the stuck KRT-10 10 mtr dish antenna from the 
aft dockingport of Salyut 6 by Lyakhov/Ryumin on Soyuz 34.

Jim Oberg wrote:
> Critical spacewalk Saves of the Past
>
> If I were to compile a list of critical
> 'spacewalk saves' of the past, to see how this
> array repair rates, I'd include:
>
> 1973 -- Skylab solar wing deploy
>
> 1984 -- Salyut-7 propulsions system re-routing
>
> 1987 -- Mir/Kvant docking fouling
>
> 1991 -- Three-person satellite grab on third try...
>
> What other such events should rate as high, or higher?
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