Program archive
Shuttle-Mir is explored here through 26 archived missions, from STS-60 through STS-91, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.
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13 mission-specific spacecraft and test articles, plus 1 launch systems and shared hardware records.
Mir was the first modular space station assembled in orbit and a long-duration laboratory occupied by 28 principal expeditions.
Soyuz-TM spacecraft supported Soyuz TM-1 through Soyuz TM-23 in the Soyuz program.
STS-60 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Discovery, its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for first shuttle-mir flight pairs sergei krikalev with u.
STS-63 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Discovery, its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for eileen collins pilots discovery to the first close shuttle-mir rendezvous.
STS-71 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Atlantis, its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for atlantis completes the first shuttle-mir docking and crew exchange.
STS-74 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Atlantis, its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for second shuttle-mir docking adds a permanent docking module to the station.
STS-76 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Atlantis, its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for third shuttle-mir docking begins shannon lucid's long-duration station mission.
STS-79 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Atlantis, its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for fourth shuttle-mir docking returns shannon lucid and begins john blaha's stay.
STS-81 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Atlantis, its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for fifth shuttle-mir docking exchanges u.
STS-84 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Atlantis, its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for sixth shuttle-mir docking exchanges linenger for foale and renews station supplies.
STS-86 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Atlantis, its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for seventh shuttle-mir docking exchanges foale for wolf and retrieves exposure experiments.
STS-89 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Endeavour, its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for eighth shuttle-mir docking exchanges david wolf for andy thomas.