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Mir EO-8 (Russian: Мир ЭО-19) was the eighth manned expedition to the space station Mir lasting from December 1990 to May 1991. The crew consisting of Russian cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev and Musa Manarov launched along with space journalist Toyohiro Akiyama on December 2 1990 aboard Soyuz TM-11. Akiyama returned aboard Soyuz TM-10 with the outgoing Mir EO-7 crew on December 10. Afanasyev and Manarov returned aboard Soyuz TM-11 on May 26 1991.