Mir EP-2
Mir EP-2 was a visiting expedition to the Mir space station conducted in June 1988 by cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev, Viktor Savinykh and Aleksandr Aleksandrov. Launched aboard the Soyuz TM-5 spacecraft, the crew spent ten days in space before returning to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-4. The mission occurred while the EO-3 crew were aboard Mir.

Solovyev commanded the mission, with Savinykh as his flight engineer, while Bulgarian Aleksandr Panayatov Aleksandrov flew as a research cosmonaut. Aleksandrov was the second Bulgarian to fly in space, the first being Georgi Ivanov, who flew on Soyuz 33. Ivanov failed to reach the Salyut 6 space station as his mission was aborted prior to docking due to an engine failure aboard his spacecraft Soyuz 33. As a result, prior to EP-2, Bulgaria was the only Eastern European Soviet ally to not have one of its citizens visit a Soviet space station.
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Mir
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cosmonaut
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Anatoly Solovyev
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Viktor Savinykh
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Aleksandr Aleksandrov
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Soyuz TM-5
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Soyuz TM-4
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the EO-3 crew
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Bulgaria
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Aleksandr Panayatov Aleksandrov
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research cosmonaut
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Georgi Ivanov
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Soyuz 33
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Salyut 6
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Soyuz 33
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Eastern European
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Mir EP-2
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June 1988
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