1998-031A
Spacecraft 238 was launched in May 1998 as Progress M-39 carrying the usual cargoes and a special request of fresh lemons, and a guitar, plus 15 Oriental newts and 80 snails for adaptation studies. It was intended to be the first Progress to lower Mir's orbit in preparation for deorbiting, but this was changed. Progress No. 238 carried an Energiya experiment for protein crystal growth to be recovered by Baturin in August.
After undocking in August, it led Mir by 6min 49s on 28 Aug before beginning rendezvous burns to redock.
| Progress M-39 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 May 14 | 2212:59 | Launch by Soyuz U | KB LC1 |
| T+1:58 St 1 sep, 45 km | |||
| T+2:38 GO sep, 80 km | |||
| T+4:45 St 2 MECO, 159 km | |||
| T+4:47 St 2 sep | |||
| T+5:01 fairing sep, 167 km | |||
| 2221:44 | T+8:45 Stage 3 MECO, 193 km | ||
| T+8:48 Stage 3 sep, 193 km | |||
| 1998 May 15 | 0152:18 | TCM 22.2m/s 53s | |
| 0241:51 | TCM 20.0m/s 48s | ||
| 1998 May 16 | 2350:34 | Docked Kvant | |
| 1998 May 17 | 0230? | Hatch open | |
| 1998 Aug 12 | 0928:55 | Undocked | |
| 0947 | Sep burn | ||
| 1998 Aug 28 | 0422:54 | RV burn 1, SKD? 2.5m/s | |
| 1998 Aug 31 | 0419:52 | RV burn 2, SKD? 5.6m/s for 12s | |
| 1998 Sep 1 | 0420:45 | RV burn 3, SKD 6.6m/s for 13s | |
| 0500:03 | RV burn 4, DPO 4.4m/s for 68s | ||
| 0503:12 | RV burn 5, DPO 1.9m/s for 26s | ||
| 0504:34 | RV burn 6, DPO 1.1m/s for 16s | ||
| 1998 Sep 1 | 0534:40 | redock, Kurs | |
| 1998 Oct 25 | 2303:24 | Undocked from Kvant | |
| 2313:00 | Znamya test burn 1, 1m/s | ||
| 1998 Oct 26 | 0008:00 | Znamya test burn 2, 1m/s | |
| 0312:00 | Znamya test burn 3, 1m/s | ||
| 1998 Oct 29 | 0327:00 | Deorbit 3:20 88m/s | |
| 0414:52 | Reentered 44.78S 142.61W | ||
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