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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 ...
STS-74 was the fourth mission of the US/Russian Shuttle–Mir program, and the second docking of the Space Shuttle with Mir. Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A on 12 November 1995. The mission ended 8 days later with the landing of Atlantis back at Kennedy.
Delivered the EO-15 crew to Mir, with Polyakov remaining in space for over 437 days, the current world record for longest single spaceflight. [4] [5] 19. Soyuz TM-19: 1 July 1994 12:24:50 ~124 days 4 November 1994 11:18:26 Yuri Malenchenko. Talgat Musabayev. Delivered the EO-16 crew to Mir. [4] [5] 20. Soyuz TM-20: 3 October 1994 22:42:30 ~166 ...
This is a detailed list of human spaceflights from 1991 to 2000, including the continuation of Russian space station Mir and the American Space Shuttle program, and the first flights to the International Space Station (ISS). The Soviet Union broke up at the end of 1991.
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 ...
Space-available travel, also known as Space-A travel, is a means by which members of United States Uniformed Services (United States Military, reservists and retirees, United States Department of Defense civilian personnel under certain circumstances), and these groups' family members, are permitted to travel on aircraft of the Air Mobility Command under the jurisdiction of the United States ...
STS-63's primary objective was to perform a rendezvous and fly around the Russian space station Mir. The objectives of the Mir rendezvous were to verify flight techniques, communications and navigation aid sensor interfaces, and engineering analyses associated with Shuttle/Mir proximity operations in preparation for the STS-71 docking mission.
United States: Self-funded space tourist Soyuz TMA-13 / Soyuz TMA-12: 12 October 2008 - 23 October 2008 Back-up was Nik Halik. [13] [14] Charles Simonyi Hungary / United States: Self-funded space tourist Soyuz TMA-14 / Soyuz TMA-13: 26 March 2009 - 8 April 2009 Backup was Esther Dyson. [15] Simonyi was the first repeat space tourist. Guy ...