| Mission type | Mir expedition |
|---|---|
| Expedition | |
| Space station | Mir |
| Began | 10 February 1997 |
| Ended | 5 August 1997 |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TM-25 Linenger: STS-81 Space Shuttle Atlantis Foale: STS-84 Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz TM-25 Linenger: STS-84 Space Shuttle Atlantis Foale: STS-86 Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Vasily Tsibliyev Aleksandr Lazutkin Jerry Linenger* (February–May) Colin Michael Foale† * - transferred from EO-22 † - transferred to EO-24 |
Long-term Mir expeditions | |
Mir EO-23 was the 23rd long-duration mission to Russia's Mir space station. It is notable for both the fire that occurred during the mission, and the crash that caused one of the station's modules to be permanently sealed off.