Assertion: lifeboat's crew | /r/CapableOf | begin preparation
Facets:
value: by flying to the station
type: MANNER
value: for the shuttle-mir programme
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The following crew, EO-13, began preparations for the Shuttle-Mir programme by flying to the station in a modified spacecraft, Soyuz TM-16 (launched on 26 January 1993), which was equipped with an APAS-89 docking system rather than the usual probe-and-drogue, enabling it to dock to Kristall and test the port which would later be used by US space shuttles.