| Phase I: (1995 - 1998) Shuttle-Mir Docking Missions |
Phase II: (1998 - 2001) Early Assembly Phase |
Phase III: (2001 - 2002) Late Assembly Phase |
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| Phase III: (2003 - 2006) Late Assembly Phase |
Phase III/IV: (2007 - 2008) Late Assembly Phase |
Phase IV: (2009 - 2010) Late Assembly Phase |
| Flight | Launch | Landing | Name | Country | Position | |
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| STS-63 (Spacehab Mission 3) (Mir Rendezvous) (Spartan 204) |
February 3, 1995 (05:22 GMT) |
February 11, 1995 (11:51 GMT) |
James Wetherbee | USA | M | Commander |
| Eileen Collins | USA | F | Pilot | |||
| Bernard Harris | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Michael Foale | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Discovery (20th Mission) |
Janice Voss | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Vladimir Titov | USSR | M | Mission Specialist 4 | |||
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| Mir EO-18 Crew (NASA 1*) |
March 14, 1995 (Soyuz TM-21) (06:11 GMT) |
July 7, 1995 (STS-71) (14:54 GMT) |
Vladimir Dezhurov | Russia | M | Mir EO-18 Commander |
| Gennadi Strekalov | USSR | M | Mir EO-18 Flight Engineer | |||
| Norman Thagard | USA | M | Mir EO-18/NASA 1 Researcher | |||
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| STS-71 (Shuttle-Mir Mission 1) |
June 27, 1995 (19:32 GMT) |
July 7, 1995 (14:54 GMT) |
Robert Gibson | USA | M | Commander |
| Charles Precourt | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Ellen Baker | USA | F | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (14th Mission) |
Gregory Harbaugh | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Bonnie Dunbar | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| Mir EO-19 Crew* | June 27, 1995 (STS-71) (19:32 GMT) |
September 11, 1995 (Soyuz TM-21) (06:52 GMT) |
Anatoli Soloviyov | USSR | M | Mir EO-19 Commander |
| Nikolai Budarin | Russia | M | Mir EO-19 Flight Engineer | |||
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| STS-74 (Shuttle-Mir Mission 2) (Mir Docking Module) |
November 12, 1995 (12:30 GMT) |
November 20, 1995 (17:01 GMT) |
Kenneth Cameron | USA | M | Commander |
| James Halsell | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Chris Hadfield | Canada | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (15th Mission) |
Jerry Ross | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| William McArthur | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-76 (Shuttle-Mir Mission 3) |
March 22, 1996 (08:13 GMT) |
March 31, 1996 (13:28 GMT) |
Kevin Chilton | USA | M | Commander |
| Richard Searfoss | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Ronald Sega | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (16th Mission) |
Michael Richard Clifford | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Linda Godwin | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| NASA 2 (Mir EO-21 Crew) |
March 22, 1996 (STS-76) (08:13 GMT) |
September 26, 1996 (STS-79) (12:13 GMT) |
Shannon Lucid | USA | F | Mir EO-21/NASA 2 Researcher |
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| STS-79 (Shuttle-Mir Mission 4) |
September 16, 1996 (08:54 GMT) |
September 26, 1996 (12:13 GMT) |
William Readdy | USA | M | Commander |
| Terrence Wilcutt | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Jerome "Jay" Apt | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (17th Mission) |
Thomas Akers | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Carl Walz | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| NASA 3 (Mir EO-22 Crew) |
September 16, 1996 (STS-79) (08:54 GMT) |
January 22, 1997 (STS-81) (14:23 GMT) |
John Blaha | USA | M | Mir EO-22/NASA 3 Researcher |
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| STS-81 (Shuttle-Mir Mission 5) |
January 12, 1997 (09:27 GMT) |
January 22, 1997 (14:23 GMT) |
Michael Baker | USA | M | Commander |
| Brent Jett | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Peter "Jeff" Wisoff | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (18th Mission) |
John Grunsfeld | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Marsha Ivins | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| NASA 4 (Mir EO-22 & Mir EO-23) |
January 12, 1997 (STS-81) (09:27 GMT) |
May 24, 1997 (STS-84) (13:28 GMT) |
Jerry Linenger | USA | M | Mir EO-22/Mir EO-23/NASA 4 Researcher |
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| STS-84 (Shuttle-Mir Mission 6) |
May 15, 1997 (08:07 GMT) |
May 24, 1997 (13:28 GMT) |
Charles Precourt | USA | M | Commander |
| Eileen Collins | USA | F | Pilot | |||
| Jean-François Clervoy | France | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (19th Mission) |
Carlos Noriega | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Edward Lu | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
| Yelena Kondakova | Russia | F | Mission Specialist 4 | |||
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| NASA 5 (Mir EO-23 & Mir EO-24) |
May 15, 1997 (STS-84) (08:07 GMT) |
October 6, 1997 (STS-86) (21:56 GMT) |
Michael Foale | USA | M | Mir EO-23/Mir EO-24/NASA 5 Researcher |
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| STS-86 (Shuttle-Mir Mission 7) |
September 26, 1997 (02:34 GMT) |
October 6, 1997 (21:56 GMT) |
James Wetherbee | USA | M | Commander |
| Michael Bloomfield | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Vladimir Titov | USSR | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (20th Mission) |
Scott Parazynski | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Jean-Loup Chrétien | France | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
| Wendy Lawrence | USA | F | Mission Specialist 4 | |||
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| NASA 6 (Mir EO-24 Crew) |
September 26, 1997 (STS-86) (02:34 GMT) |
January 31, 1998 (STS-89) (22:36 GMT) |
David Wolf | USA | M | Mir EO-24/NASA 6 Researcher |
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| STS-89 (Shuttle-Mir Mission 8) |
January 23, 1998 (02:48 GMT) |
January 31, 1998 (22:36 GMT) |
Terrence Wilcutt | USA | M | Commander |
| Joseph Edwards | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| James Reilly | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Endeavour (12th Mission) |
Michael Anderson | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Bonnie Dunbar | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
| Salizhan Sharipov | Russia | M | Mission Specialist 4 | |||
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| NASA 7 (Mir EO-24 & Mir EO-25) |
January 23, 1998 (STS-89) (02:48 GMT) |
June 12, 1998 (STS-91) (18:01 GMT) |
Andrew Thomas | USA | M | Mir EO-24/Mir EO-25/NASA 7 Researcher |
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| STS-91 (Shuttle-Mir Mission 9) |
June 2, 1998 (22:06 GMT) |
June 12, 1998 (18:01 GMT) |
Charles Precourt | USA | M | Commander |
| Dominic Gorie | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Franklin Chang-Diaz | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Discovery (24th Mission) |
Wendy Lawrence | USA | F | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Janet Kavandi | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
| Valeri Ryumin | USSR | M | Mission Specialist 4 | |||
| Key: | EO - Mir Principal Crew |
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| Note: * The EO 18 crew of Dezhurov, Strekalov, and Thagard were launched to Mir aboard Soyuz TM-21 on March 14, 1995 and returned to Earth on July 7, 1995 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-71 mission. |
| The EO 19 crew of Soloviyov and Budarin were launched to Mir on June 27, 1995 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-71 mission and returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-21 on September 11, 1995. |
| Mir was launched on February 20, 1986, and deorbited on March 23, 2001. |
| International Astronauts | |||
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| Flight Name | Country Involved | Crew Member | Backup Crew Member |
| STS-63 | USSR | Vladimir Titov | Sergei Krikalyov |
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| STS-71 | Russia | Vladimir Dezhurov (Down) | Anatoli Soloviyov (USSR) |
| USSR | Gennadi Strekalov (Down) | Nikolai Budarin (Russia) | |
| USSR | Anatoli Soloviyov (Up) | Yuri Onufriyenko (Russia) | |
| Russia | Nikolai Budarin (Up) | Yuri Usachyov | |
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| STS-74 | Canada | Chris Hadfield | Marc Garneau |
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| STS-84 | Russia | Yelena Kondakova | - |
| France | Jean-François Clervoy | - | |
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| STS-86 | USSR | Vladimir Titov | - |
| France | Jean-Loup Chrétien | - | |
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| STS-89 | Russia | Salizhan Sharipov | - |
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| STS-91 | USSR | Valeri Ryumin | - |
| Phase I: (1995 - 1998) Shuttle-Mir Docking Missions |
Phase II: (1998 - 2001) Early Assembly Phase |
Phase III: (2001 - 2002) Late Assembly Phase |
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| Phase III: (2003 - 2006) Late Assembly Phase |
Phase III/IV: (2007 - 2008) Late Assembly Phase |
Phase IV: (2009 - 2010) Late Assembly Phase |
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