Aug 8 1984
From The Space Library
August 8-26: Soviet cosmonauts Leonid Kizim, Vladimir Solovyev, and Oleg Atkov completed on August 26 their 200th day of work on the Salyut 7 space station. During the day's activities, there was an assessment of the reaction of the cardiovascular system of the cosmonauts to the initiation of hydrostatic pressure created by means of the vacuum suit "Chibis," and the crew used hand-held cameras and spectrometers to study the natural resources and environment of Soviet territory.
Also on that day the Progress 23 cargo craft, launched August 14, undocked with the Space Station, following unloading of the cargo craft's contents. Progress 23 was launched on August 14.
On August 8, Kizim and Solovyev made their sixth space walk. The cosmonauts removed part of the heat insulation cover on the back of the service module and shut off a pipe in the fuel line with a special device. This extravehicular activity lasted 5 hours and was the first time that cosmonauts had made six space walks, for a total of 22 hours and 50 minutes, in the course of one trip. (FBIS, Tass in English, Aug 9/84, Aug 14/84, Aug 16/84, Aug 20/84, Aug 24/84)
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