MIRNEWS.137    4 JULY 1992.

PROGRESS-M13: 2D DOCKING ATTEMPT SUCCESSFUL ON 4 JULY 1992 AT
1707UTC.

During the first pass here in orb. 36500, 1648-1653UTC, Pr-M13
was still flying autonomously for she still transmitted on a
frequency which has to be quiet during the final approach and
after docking. Viktor (Savinykh or Afanasyev) on board of the
former trackingship Belyayev tried to get in touch with MIR,
but Kaleri asked him to keep quiet for the docking operation
was about to begin. 
Kaleri told TsUP that they did not see Pr-M13 neither visual
nor on their screens. So for abt. 1.5 hour I did not know
whether Pr-M13 had been docked or not. During the pass in the
next orbit 36501, 1823-1841UTC, the crew reported that the
air-seal was perfect. Pr-M13 had been docked to MIR's forward
port at 1707UTC.
Viktorenko told TsUP that they would open the hatch to Pr-M13
as soon as TsUP ordered them to do so. TsUP did this and the
cosmonauts creeped to the hatch and opened it at 1837UTC.
During the following pass Kaleri reported the good state of
the Pr-M13: all was clean. Crew and TsUP exchanged congratula-
tions and the crew thanked the specialists on TsUP for the
excellent achievement and TsUP's care for the crew. 

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