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| STS-29 | March 13, 1989 (14:57 GMT) |
March 18, 1989 (14:35 GMT) |
Commander: Michael Coats (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 340 km Apogee: 340 km Inclination: 28.5° 80 orbits |
| Pilot: John Blaha (1st Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: James Buchli (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) (8th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
21st landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 22) |
Mission Specialist 2: Robert Springer (1st Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | Time 4 days 23 hours 38 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: James Bagian (1st Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
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| STS-30 | May 4, 1989 (18:46 GMT) |
May 8, 1989 (19:43 GMT) |
Commander: David Walker (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 340 km Apogee: 340 km Inclination: 28.8° 65 orbits |
| Pilot: Ronald Grabe (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Mark Lee (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) (4th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
22nd landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 22) |
Mission Specialist 2: Norman Thagard (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Time 4 days 0 hours 56 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Mary Cleave (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | F | ||||
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| STS-28 | August 8, 1989 (12:37 GMT) |
August 13, 1989 (13:37 GMT) |
Commander: Brewster Shaw (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 289 km Apogee: 306 km Inclination: 57° 81 orbits |
| Pilot: Richard Richards (1st Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: James Adamson (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) (8th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
23rd landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 17) |
Mission Specialist 2: David Leestma (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | Time 5 days 1 hour 0 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Mark Brown (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz TM-8 (7K-STM #58) |
September 5, 1989 (21:38 GMT) |
February 19, 1990 (04:36 GMT) |
Commander: Aleksandr Viktorenko (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 7) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 350 km Apogee: 350 km Inclination: 51.6° 2,631 orbits 5 spacewalks |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
55 km NE of Arkalyk | Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Serebrov (3rd Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 4) |
USSR | M | ||
| Docked with Mir September 7, 1989 (22:25 GMT) (Kvant) |
Undocked from Mir February 19, 1990 (01:06 GMT) (Forward Port) |
1st Backup Crew: Vladimir Soloviyov | USSR | M | Time 166 days 6 hours 58 minutes |
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| 1st Backup Crew: Aleksandr Balandin | USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U2 |
Port Relocation December 12, 1989 (08:22 GMT - 08:42 GMT) (Kvant to Forward Port) |
2nd Backup Crew: Gennadi Manakov | USSR | M | ||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Gennadi Strekalov | USSR | M | ||||
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| STS-34 | October 18, 1989 (16:53 GMT) |
October 23, 1989 (16:33 GMT) |
Commander: Donald Williams (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 342 km Apogee: 342 km Inclination: 34.3° 80 orbits |
| Pilot: Michael McCulley (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Shannon Lucid (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | F | ||||
| Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) (5th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
24th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 23) |
Mission Specialist 2: Franklin Chang-Diaz (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | Time 4 days 23 hours 39 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Ellen Baker (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | F | ||||
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| STS-33 | November 23, 1989 (00:23 GMT) |
November 28, 1989 (00:30 GMT) |
Commander: Frederick Gregory (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 559 km Apogee: 559 km Inclination: 28.45° 79 orbits |
| Pilot: John Blaha (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Manley Carter (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) (8th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
25th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 4) |
Mission Specialist 2: Story Musgrave (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 6) |
USA | M | Time 5 days 0 hours 6 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Kathryn Thornton (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | F | ||||
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| Kvant 2 (77KSD #171-01) |
November 26, 1989 (13:01 GMT) |
March 23, 2001 (05:59 GMT) |
Kvant 2 (Mir space station module) |
USSR | Perigee: 221 km Apogee: 339 km Inclination: 51.6° 64,692 orbits |
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| Launch Vehicle Proton-K #354-01 |
Site-200L (Launch Pad 39) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Docked with Mir December 6, 1989 (12:21 GMT) (Forward Port) |
Transfer to the upper lateral port December 8, 1989 (07:19 GMT - 08:19 GMT) |
Time 4,134 days 16 hours |
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| Buran Analogue Taxi Test 9 |
December 29, 1989 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Rimantas Stankyavichus (20th Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | The Buran Analogue was retired after this taxi test run. |
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| Test Pilot: Viktor Zabolotsky (1st Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 3) |
USSR | M | ||||
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