Name: Budarin, Nikolai Country: Russia M/F: M Number of Flights: 3

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Mir EO-19 Crew June 27, 1995 - STS-71 (Atlantis) September 11, 1995 - Soyuz TM-21
2. Soyuz TM-27 January 29, 1998 - Soyuz TM-27 August 25, 1998 - Soyuz TM-27
3. ISS Crew 6 November 24, 2002 - STS-113 (Endeavour) May 4, 2003 - Soyuz TMA-1

Space Flights Descriptions
Mir EO-18 Crew
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-18 Crew (Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission 1)
1. Mir EO-19 Crew Mir Main Expedition EO-19 Crew (Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission 1)
Docked with Mir on June 29, 1995 aboard Atlantis as part of the STS-71 crew
Returned to Earth on September 11, 1995 aboard Soyuz TM-21
Soyuz TM-25
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-23 Crew
2. Soyuz TM-27 Mir Main Expedition EO-25 Crew
Docked with Mir from January 31, 1998 to August 25, 1998
3. ISS Crew 6 ISS "Alpha" Expedition Crew 6
Docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on November 25, 2002 aboard Endeavour as part of the STS-113 crew - Returned to Earth on May 4, 2003 aboard Soyuz TMA-1

Spacewalks - 8*
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
Mir EO-19 Crew July 14, 1995 Inspect -Z port. Manually deploy malfunctioning Spektr solar array
5 hours 34 minutes
Mir EO-19 Crew July 19, 1995 Install Mir Infrared Atmospheric Spectrometer (infrared spectrometer). Retrieve TREK (space particle collector) detector
3 hours 8 minutes
Mir EO-19 Crew July 21, 1995 Install Mir Infrared Atmospheric Spectrometer (infrared spectrometer)
5 hours 35 minutes

*Soyuz TM-27 March 3, 1998 Planned spacewalk was cancelled* when the outer hatch of the Kvant-2 airlock could not be opened
1 hour 15 minutes
Soyuz TM-27 April 1, 1998 Repair Kvant-2 airlock hatch. Start repair of the damaged Spektr solar array
6 hours 40 minutes
Soyuz TM-27 April 6, 1998 Complete repair of the damaged Spektr solar array
4 hours 15 minutes
Soyuz TM-27 April 11, 1998 Remove old VDU thruster package from Sofora truss
6 hours 25 minutes
Soyuz TM-27 April 17, 1998 Install new VDU thruster package atop Sofora truss
6 hours 33 minutes
Soyuz TM-27 April 22, 1998 Install new VDU thruster package atop Sofora truss
6 hours 21 minutes

Return to Master List Three Spaceflights Shuttle-Mir Program - 1995 / 1998 / Backup Crew
Russian Cosmonauts Spacewalkers Russian Cosmonauts launched by USA
International Space Station Program - Phase III - 2002 / Exp.-Crew

Updated - December 12, 2008