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| STS-32 | January 9, 1990 (12:35 GMT) |
January 20, 1990 (09:35 GMT) |
Commander: Daniel Brandenstein (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 329 km Apogee: 329 km Inclination: 28.5° 172 orbits |
| Pilot: James Wetherbee (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Bonnie Dunbar (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | F | ||||
| Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) (9th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
26th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 22) |
Mission Specialist 2: Marsha Ivins (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | F | Time 10 days 21 hours 0 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: David Low (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz TM-9 (7K-STM #60) |
February 11, 1990 (06:16 GMT) |
August 9, 1990 (07:33 GMT) |
Commander: Anatoli Soloviyov (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 6) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 350 km Apogee: 350 km Inclination: 51.6° 2,833 orbits 2 spacewalks |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
70 km NE of Arkalyk (50° 51' N, 67° 17' E) |
Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Balandin (1st Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 4) |
USSR | M | ||
| Docked with Mir February 13, 1990 (06:37 GMT) (Kvant) |
Undocked from Mir August 9, 1990 (04:08 GMT) (Forward Port) |
1st Backup Crew: Gennadi Manakov | USSR | M | ||
| 1st Backup Crew: Gennadi Strekalov | USSR | M | ||||
| Port Relocation 1 February 21, 1990 (03:56 GMT - 04:15 GMT) (Kvant to Forward Port) |
Port Relocation 2 May 28, 1990 (11:45 GMT - 12:11 GMT) (Forward Port to Kvant) |
2nd Backup Crew: Viktor Afanasiyev | USSR | M | Time 179 days 1 hour 17 minutes |
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Port Relocation 3 July 3, 1990 (22:07 GMT - 22:31 GMT) (Kvant to Forward Port) |
2nd Backup Crew: Vitali Sevastiyanov | USSR | M | ||
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| STS-36 | February 28, 1990 (07:50 GMT) |
March 4, 1990 (18:08 GMT) |
Commander: John Creighton (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 244 km Apogee: 244 km Inclination: 62° 72 orbits |
| Pilot: John Casper (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: David Hilmers (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) (6th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
27th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 23) |
Mission Specialist 2: Richard Michael Mullane (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Time 4 days 10 hours 18 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Pierre Thuot (1st Flight) (NASA Group 11) |
USA | M | ||||
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| STS-31 | April 24, 1990 (12:33 GMT) |
April 29, 1990 (13:49 GMT) |
Commander: Loren Shriver (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 611 km Apogee: 611 km Inclination: 28.45° 80 orbits |
| Pilot: Charles Bolden (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Steven Hawley (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) (10th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
28th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 22) |
Mission Specialist 2: Kathryn Sullivan (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | F | Time 5 days 1 hour 16 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Bruce McCandless (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | ||||
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| Kristall (77KST #172-01) |
May 31, 1990 (10:33 GMT) |
March 23, 2001 (05:59 GMT) |
Kristall (Mir space station module) |
USSR | Perigee: 220 km Apogee: 346 km Inclination: 51.6° 61,725 orbits |
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| Launch Vehicle Proton-K #360-01 |
Site-200L (Launch Pad 39) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Docked with Mir June 10, 1990 (10:47 GMT) (Forward Port) |
Transfers to different ports Lower Lateral Port: June 11, 1990 Forward Port: May 26, 1995 Right Lateral Port: May 29, 1995 Forward Port: June 10, 1995 Right Lateral Port: July 17, 1995 |
Time 3,948 days 19 hours |
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| Soyuz TM-10 (7K-STM #61A) |
August 1, 1990 (09:32 GMT) |
December 10, 1990 (06:08 GMT) |
Commander: Gennadi Manakov (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 9) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 350 km Apogee: 350 km Inclination: 51.6° 2,070 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Flight Engineer: Gennadi Strekalov (4th Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 3) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
69 km NW of Arkalyk | 1st Backup Crew: Viktor Afanasiyev | USSR | M | Time 130 days 20 hours 35 minutes |
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| 1st Backup Crew: Musa Manarov | USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U2 |
Docked with Mir August 3, 1990 (11:45 GMT) (Kvant) |
Undocked from Mir December 10, 1990 (02:48 GMT) (Kvant) |
2nd Backup Crew: Anatoli Artsebarsky | USSR | M | |
| 2nd Backup Crew: Sergei Krikalyov | USSR | M | ||||
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| STS-41 | October 6, 1990 (11:47 GMT) |
October 10, 1990 (13:57 GMT) |
Commander: Richard Richards (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | Perigee: 296 km Apogee: 296 km Inclination: 28.45° 66 orbits |
| Pilot: Robert Cabana (1st Flight) (NASA Group 11) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Bruce Melnick (1st Flight) (NASA Group 12) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) (11th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
29th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 22) |
Mission Specialist 2: Thomas Akers (1st Flight) (NASA Group 12) |
USA | M | Time 4 days 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: William Shepherd (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
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| STS-38 | November 15, 1990 (23:48 GMT) |
November 20, 1990 (21:42 GMT) |
Commander: Richard Covey (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 263 km Apogee: 263 km Inclination: 28.5° 79 orbits |
| Pilot: Frank Culbertson (1st Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Carl Meade (1st Flight) (NASA Group 11) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) (7th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
6th landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Runway 15) |
Mission Specialist 2: Robert Springer (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 11) |
USA | M | Time 4 days 21 hours 54 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Charles Gemar (1st Flight) (NASA Group 11) |
USA | M | ||||
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| STS-35 | December 2, 1990 (06:49 GMT) |
December 11, 1990 (05:54 GMT) |
Commander: Vance Brand (4th Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | Perigee: 352 km Apogee: 352 km Inclination: 28.45° 144 orbits |
| Pilot: Guy Gardner (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: John Michael Lounge (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 2: Jeffrey Hoffman (3nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 3: Robert Parker (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 6) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) (10th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
30th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 22) |
Payload Specialist 1: Ronald Parise (1st Flight) (NASA Payload Specialist for Astro-1) |
USA | M | Time 8 days 23 hours 5 minutes |
| Payload Specialist 2: Samuel Durrance (1st Flight) (NASA Payload Specialist for Astro-1) |
USA | M | ||||
| Backup Payload Specialist: Kenneth Nordsieck | USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz TM-11 (7K-STM #61) |
December 2, 1990 (08:13 GMT) |
May 26, 1991 (10:04 GMT) |
Commander: Viktor Afanasiyev (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 9) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 350 km Apogee: 350 km Inclination: 51.6° 2,770 orbits 4 spacewalks |
| Flight Engineer: Musa Manarov (2nd Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 4) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
61 km SE of Dzhezkazgan | Commercial Cosmonaut: Toyohiro Akiyama (1st Flight) (Kosmoreporter Mission) (Down - Soyuz TM-10) (7 days 21 hours 54 minutes) |
Japan | M | ||
| Docked with Mir December 4, 1990 (09:57 GMT) (Forward Port) |
Undocked from Mir May 26, 1991 (06:15 GMT) (Kvant) |
1st Backup Crew: Anatoli Artsebarsky | USSR | M | Time 175 days 1 hour 50 minutes |
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| 1st Backup Crew: Sergei Krikalyov | USSR | M | ||||
| 1st Backup Crew: Ryoko Kikuchi | Japan | F | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U2 |
Port Relocation March 26, 1991 (10:12 GMT - 10:58 GMT) (Forward Port to Kvant) |
2nd Backup Crew: Aleksandr Volkov | USSR | M | ||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Aleksandr Kaleri | USSR | M | ||||
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