The astronauts also received practice in carrying out spacewalks outside Mir and lessons in the Russian language, which would be used throughout their missions to talk with the other cosmonauts aboard the station and Mission Control in Russia, the TsUP.
Astronauterne modtog også træning i udførsel af rumvandringer uden for Mir, ligesom de modtog undervisning i russisk, der skulle bruges under deres missioner til kommunikation med de andre kosmonauter om bord på stationen og Kontrolcenteret i Moskva, TsUP.