No Return Date
Artsebarsky, Aubakirov and Franz Viehböck, the first Austrian in space, all returned to earth on October 10th. Krikalev and Commander Aleksandr Volkov (who came on the October 2nd flight) stayed aboard. The two of them were alone in the space station.
Source: spacefacts.de
However, events at the U.S.S.R., down on earth put the date of their return in question. We’ll get to that later. First, let’s talk about the Mir Station. In 1976, the Mir project was initiated but a Soviet Decree. It took a decade before it made it to orbit.