The Astronaut Who Was Left Stranded in Space

Left in Space

Engineer Musa Manarov and crew commander Viktor Afanasyev were already abroad Mir when Krikalev, Artebarsky, and Sherman joined.

Source: americaspace.com

On May 26th, 1991, they all returned to earth except for Krikalev and Artsebarsky. During this time, Artsebarsky did six spacewalks and spent more than 33 hours outside the spacecraft.

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