List of Shuttle-Mir Crews : 1995 - 1998

1986 - 1991 1992 - 1994 / 1998 - 2000 Shuttle-Mir Crews : 1995 - 1998 Backup Crews

Flight Launch Landing Name Country   Position
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

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

Soyuz TM-22
(EO-20 Crew)
September 3, 1995
(09:00 GMT)
February 29, 1996
(10:42 GMT)
Yuri Gidzenko Russia M Commander
Sergei Avdeyev Russia M Flight Engineer
Thomas Reiter Germany M Researcher (Euromir '95 Mission)

Soyuz TM-23
(EO-21 Crew)
February 21, 1996
(12:34 GMT)
September 2, 1996
(07:41 GMT)
Yuri Onufriyenko Russia M Commander
Yuri Usachyov Russia M Flight Engineer

NASA 2
(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

Soyuz TM-24
(EO-22 Crew)
August 17, 1996
(13:18 GMT)
March 2, 1997
(06:44 GMT)
Valeri Korzun Russia M Commander
Aleksandr Kaleri Russia M Flight Engineer
Claudie André-Deshays
(Down - Soyuz TM-23)
France F Researcher (Cassiopée Mission)

NASA 3
(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

NASA 4
(EO-22 & 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

Soyuz TM-25
(EO-23 Crew)
February 10, 1997
(14:09 GMT)
August 14, 1997
(12:17 GMT)
Vasili Tsibliyev Russia M Commander
Aleksandr Lazutkin Russia M Flight Engineer
Reinhold Ewald
(Down - Soyuz TM-24)
Germany M Researcher (Mir '97 Mission)

NASA 5
(EO-23 & 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

Soyuz TM-26
(EO-24 Crew)
August 5, 1997
(15:35 GMT)
February 19, 1998
(09:10 GMT)
Anatoli Soloviyov USSR M Commander
Pavel Vinogradov Russia M Flight Engineer

NASA 6
(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

NASA 7
(EO-24 & 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

Soyuz TM-27
(EO-25 Crew)
January 29, 1998
(16:33 GMT)
August 25, 1998
(05:24 GMT)
Talgat Musabayev Kazakhstan M Commander
Nikolai Budarin Russia M Flight Engineer
Léopold Eyharts
(Down - Soyuz TM-26)
France M Researcher (Pégase Mission)

Key: EO - Principal Crew

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 Cosmonauts
Flight Name Country Involved Crew Member Backup Crew Member
NASA-1 USA Norman Thagard Bonnie Dunbar

Soyuz TM-22 ESA Thomas Reiter (Germany) Christer Fuglesang (Sweden)

NASA-2 USA Shannon Lucid John Blaha

Soyuz TM-24 France Claudie André-Deshays Léopold Eyharts

NASA-3 USA John Blaha Jerry Linenger

NASA-4 USA Jerry Linenger Michael Foale

Soyuz TM-25 Germany Reinhold Ewald Hans Schlegel

NASA-5 USA Michael Foale James Voss

NASA-6 USA David Wolf Wendy Lawrence Andrew Thomas

NASA-7 USA Andrew Thomas James Voss

Soyuz TM-27 France Léopold Eyharts Jean-Pierre Haigneré

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