The Mir 23 crew has been forced to shutdown one of the Elektron generators due to an overheating condition. The problem is with a regulator valve. The result will be that the crew will burn 3 oxygen candles per day until the Elektron is functioning again. Eleven gyrodynes are operating.
Crew reports all else is stable.
Mike Foale spent 8 hours working in the greenhouse - getting light and water to the plants. The crew is preparing to clean the transfer node in preparation for the spacewalk. That will call for the removal of cables and hoses that run through the node into other modules. The spacewalk is now expected to occur not before the evening of July 11, U.S. time. The date is dependent on how training and preparation goes.