Soyuz TM-7 crew (L-R): Jean-Loup Chretien, Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev
Mission patch
Soyuz TM-7, launched November 26, 1988, was the seventh manned mission to the Mir space station. Its crew consisted of Commander Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev and Jean-Loup Chretien (CNES). Then French president Francois Mitterand viewed the launch with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Nick Mason.
Chretien became the first non-American/non-Soviet person to conduct an EVA when he went outside Mir with Volkov for 6 hours to install a French experimental structure.
Chretien returned to Earth a month later on Soyuz TM-6, but Volkov and Krikalyov remained on board as part of Mir EO-4 expedition and returned in April 1989 with Valeri Polyakov.
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