The following is an outline of 1992 in spaceflight.
Orbital launches
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December
Suborbital launches
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December
Deep Space Rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks8 February Ulysses 1st flyby of Jupiter Gravity assist, inclination change15 February Hiten Selenocentric orbit injection14 July Giotto Flyby of 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Closest approach: 8 October Pioneer Venus Orbiter Deliberately deorbited into the Venerian atmosphere8 December Galileo 2nd flyby of the Earth Gravity assist; Closest approach:
EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks20 February20:094 hours21 February00:21Mir EO-10Kvant-2Aleksandr VolkovSergei KrikalevPerformed maintenance activities on the outside of Mir, including cleaning camera lenses. Volkov had problems with the cooling system on his Orlan space suit, and was limited in his mobility.10 May20:403 hours43 minutes11 May00:23STS-49Pierre J. ThuotRichard HiebThuot attempted to capture the Intelsat VI satellite using a capture bar while Hieb stood by to assist with placement in the payload bay. After multiple attempts to catch Intelsat VI, the spacewalkers returned to the airlock to consider the failed attempts.11 May21:055 hours30 minutes12 May02:35STS-49EndeavourPierre J. ThuotRichard HiebThuot tried five more times to capture Intelsat VI while Hieb stood by to assist. Once again Thuot was unable to engage the capture bar to the satellite.13 May21:178 hours29 minutes14 May05:46STS-49EndeavourPierre J. ThuotRichard HiebThomas AkersThuot, Hieb and Akers captured Intelsat VI with their hands. The trio then pulled the satellite into the payload bay, added a new perigee kick motor, and launched the satellite away from Endeavour. This spacewalk was the first three-person spacewalk in history. The three spacewalkers also set a new record for elapsed spacewalk time.14 May~21:007 hours44 minutes15 May~04:45STS-49EndeavourThomas AkersKathryn C. ThorntonTested space station assembly techniques on an experimental structure, the Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity Methods (ASEM).8 July12:382 hours3 minutes14:41Mir EO-11Kvant-2Aleksandr KaleriInspected several gyrodynes, located on the Kvant-2 module, near the airlock to provide data needed to prepare for the planned repair and replacement work of the gyrodynes.3 September13:323 hours56 minutes17:28Mir EO-12Kvant-2Sergei AvdeyevAnatoly SolovyevMoved the VDU thruster unit to its position and prepared the Sofora girder for installation of the VDU.7 September11:475 hours8 minutes16:55Mir EO-12Kvant-2Sergei AvdeyevAnatoly SolovyevInstalled the electrical and control cables needed by the VDU thruster for operation on the Sofora truss and recovered the Russian flag installed on the Sofora truss the year before.11 September10:065 hours44 minutes15:50Mir EO-12Kvant-2Sergei AvdeyevAnatoly SolovyevCompleted install of the VDU thruster on Sofora truss, and moved the truss into its extended position.15 September07:493 hours33 minutes11:22Mir EO-12Kvant-2Sergei AvdeyevAnatoly SolovyevCollected samples of a solar array and relocated the Kurs docking antenna on the Kristall module in preparation of the arrival of Soyuz TM-16.
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