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Delivered the EO-4 and Aragatz crews to Mir, with Chrétien returning to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-6 after 25 days. [4] [5] 8. Soyuz TM-8: 5 September 1989 21:38:03 ~165 days 19 February 1990 04:36:18 Aleksandr Viktorenko. Aleksandr Serebrov. Delivered the EO-5 crew to Mir. [4] [5] 9. Soyuz TM-9: 11 February 1990 06:16:00 ~177 days 9 August 1990 07 ...
Mir EO-5 was the 5th long duration expedition to the space station Mir, which lasted from September 1989 to February 1990. The two person crew was launched and landed in the spacecraft Soyuz TM-8 , which remained docked to Mir throughout the mission.
The Shuttle–Mir program (Russian: Программа «Мир»–«Шаттл») [a] was a collaborative space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the Shuttle, and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to allow American astronauts to engage in long-duration ...
Collision in space 25 June 1997: Mir: At Mir, during a re-docking test with the Progress M-34 cargo freighter, the Progress freighter collided with the Spektr module and solar arrays of the Mir space station. This damaged the solar arrays and the collision punctured a hole in the Spektr module and the space station began depressurizing.
First crewed flight End date No. of crewed missions launched Notes Mercury program: 1958 1961: 1963: 6: First U.S. crewed program Gemini program: 1961 1965: 1966: 10: Program used to practice space rendezvous and EVAs: Apollo program: 1960 1968: 1972: 11: Landed first humans on the Moon Skylab: 1964 1973: 1974: 3: First American space station ...
Maiden flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket. First of two demonstration flights, [75] carrying payloads for five customers. [76] [77] 2025 (TBD) [80] Daytona I: Vandenberg SLC-5: Phantom Space: TBA: TBA: Low Earth: TBA Maiden flight of Phantom Space's Daytona launch vehicle. 2025 (TBD) [81] Gravity-1: Y3 Orienspace: TBA: TBA: Low Earth ...
The year 2024 had major space events including a total solar eclipse and historic moon landing. There were moments, though, that reminded us how challenging space exploration can be.
The United States has developed many space programs since the beginning of the spaceflight era in the mid-20th century. The government runs space programs by three primary agencies: NASA for civil space; the United States Space Force for military space; and the National Reconnaissance Office for intelligence space. These entities have invested ...