1992 January 19 - .

    Mir News 118: MOSCOW TIME - . Nation: Russia. Program: Mir. Flight:
Soyuz TM-12 Mir LD-3, Soyuz TM-13.

    For those monitoring Radio Moscow: last night Moscow time changed.
The clocks have been put 1 hour forward and the new time can be
considered to be an interim time. It is called: Sunlight Saving Time and
will be valid until 29 March 1992. In the night from 28 to 29 March 1992
the clock will move 1 hour forward again. 50 Moscow time is now UTC+3.
(TsUP, and the cosmonauts already used UTC+3 and consequently
TsUP/Mir-time is now equal to Moscow time.)

    ATTITUDE CONTROL FAILURE HAMPER IMPORTANT OPERATIONS.

    During the last weeks preparations were going on to make the return
capsule ready for a safe return to Earth. This capsule on board
freighter Progress-M10 on 18 January 1992 had to separate from the then
undocked Progress-MIG for a safe descent. On 16 January 1992 the
cosmonauts reported failure of the Attitude Control System. On 17
January 1992 experts on TsUP were still considering what to do, but they
already postponed the undocking of the Progress-M10. About the planned
launch of Progress-M11 on 21 January 1992 they were not sure. Krikalyav
suggested TsUP to carry out both operations and he uttered some
alternatives for the attitude control. Until and inclusive 18 January
1992 Progress-M10 has not been used for an orbit correction either.

    (PROGRESS-M11: The crew confirmed that Progress-M1l will not be
equipped by a return-capsule. So the original plan to use such a capsule
with Progress-M11 has been cancelled.

    Chris van den Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202