The Soviet Union broke up at the end of 1991. From this date onwards the former USSR constituent republics are shown as separate nationalities.
Continued from List of human spaceflights, 1980s |
Crew |
Launch
Spacecraft |
Habitation |
Return
Spacecraft |
Brief Mission Summary |
1990 launches |
Daniel C. Brandenstein
James D. Wetherbee
Bonnie J. Dunbar
G. David Low
Marsha S. Ivins |
9 January 1990
STS-32, Columbia |
20 January 1990
STS-32, Columbia |
Deployment of defense communications satellite.
Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) retrieval. |
Anatoly Solovyev
Alexander Balandin |
11 February 1990
Soyuz TM-9 |
Mir |
17 July 1990
Soyuz TM-9 |
|
John O. Creighton
John H. Casper
Richard M. Mullane
David C. Hilmers
Pierre J. Thuot |
28 February 1990
STS-36, Atlantis |
4 March 1990
STS-36, Atlantis |
US Department of Defense mission. Classified payload, reportedly reconnaissance satellite. |
Loren J. Shriver
Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Steven A. Hawley
Bruce McCandless II
Kathryn D. Sullivan |
24 April 1990
STS-31, Discovery |
29 April 1990
STS-31, Discovery |
Hubble Space Telescope deployed. |
Gennadi M. Strekalov
Gennadi Manakov |
3 August 1990
Soyuz TM-10 |
Mir |
10 December 1990
Soyuz TM-10 |
|
Richard N. Richards
Robert D. Cabana
William M. Shepherd
Bruce E. Melnick
Thomas D. Akers |
6 October 1990
STS-41, Discovery |
10 October 1990
STS-41, Discovery |
Ulysses probe deployed.
Miscellaneous science experiments. |
Richard O. Covey
Frank L. Culbertson, Jr.
Robert C. Springer
Carl J. Meade
Charles D. Gemar |
15 November 1990
STS-38, Atlantis |
20 November 1990
STS-38, Atlantis |
US Department of Defense mission. Classified payload, reportedly reconnaissance satellite. |
Vance D. Brand
Guy S. Gardner
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
John M. Lounge
Robert A. Parker
Samuel T. Durrance
Ronald A. Parise |
2 December 1990
STS-35, Columbia |
10 December 1990
STS-35, Columbia |
Ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy (ASTRO-1 observatory). |
Viktor M. Afanasyev
Musa Manarov |
2 December 1990
Soyuz TM-11 |
Mir |
26 May 1991
Soyuz TM-11 |
Mir crew rotation.
First Japanese in space (Akiyama). |
Toyohiro Akiyama |
10 December 1990
Soyuz TM-10 |
1991 launches |
Steven R. Nagel
Kenneth D. Cameron
Jerry L. Ross
Jay Apt
Linda M. Godwin |
5 April 1991
STS-37, Atlantis |
11 April 1991
STS-37, Atlantis |
Deployment of Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. |
Michael L. Coats
L. Blaine Hammond
Guion S. Bluford
Gregory J. Harbaugh
Richard J. Hieb
Donald R. McMonagle
Charles L. Veach |
28 April 1991
STS-39, Discovery |
6 May 1991
STS-39, Discovery |
US Department of Defense mission. Part-classified payload, including various science experiments and observations. |
Helen Sharman |
18 May 1991
Soyuz TM-12 |
Mir |
26 May 1991
Soyuz TM-11 |
Mir crew rotation.
Life science experiments.
First Briton in space (Sharman).
First European woman in space (Sharman). |
Anatoli Artsebarsky |
10 October 1991
Soyuz TM-12 |
Sergei K. Krikalev |
25 March 1992
Soyuz TM-13 |
Bryan D. O'Connor
Sidney M. Gutierrez
James P. Bagian
Tamara E. Jernigan
M. Rhea Seddon
F. Drew Gaffney
Millie-Hughes Fulford |
5 June 1991
STS-40, Columbia |
14 June 1991
STS-40, Columbia |
Spacelab life sciences mission, studying humans, rodents and jellyfish. |
John E. Blaha
Michael A. Baker
Shannon W. Lucid
James C. Adamson
G. David Low |
2 August 1991
STS-43, Atlantis |
11 August 1991
STS-43, Atlantis |
Deployment of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-5. |
John O. Creighton
Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr.
James F. Buchli
Charles D. Gemar
Mark N. Brown |
12 September 1991
STS-48, Discovery |
18 September 1991
STS-48, Discovery |
Deployment of Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). |
Toktar Aubakirov
Franz Viehböck |
2 October 1991
Soyuz TM-13 |
Mir |
10 October 1991
Soyuz TM-12 |
Mir crew rotation.
First Kazakh in space (Aubakirov).
First Austrian in space (Vieböck). |
Alexander Volkov |
25 March 1992
Soyuz TM-13 |
Frederick D. Gregory
Terence T. Henricks
F. Story Musgrave
Mario Runco, Jr.
James S. Voss
Thomas J. Hennen |
24 November 1991
STS-44, Atlantis |
1 December 1991
STS-44, Atlantis |
US Department of Defense mission. Deployment of Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite. |
1992 launches |
Ronald J. Grabe
Stephen S. Oswald
Norman E. Thagard
David C. Hilmers
William F. Readdy
Roberta L. Bondar
Ulf D. Merbold |
22 January 1992
STS-42, Discovery |
30 January 1992
STS-42, Discovery |
International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1); life sciences and materials processing experiments.
First Canadian woman in space (Bondar). |
Klaus-Dietrich Flade |
17 March 1992
Soyuz TM-14 |
Mir |
25 March 1992
Soyuz TM-13 |
First Soyuz mission since the collapse of the USSR. |
Alexander Viktorenko
Alexander Kaleri |
10 August 1992
Soyuz TM-14 |
Charles F. Bolden
Brian Duffy
Kathryn D. Sullivan
David C. Leestma
/ C. Michael Foale
Byron K. Lichtenberg
Dirk D. Frimout |
24 March 1992
STS-45, Atlantis |
2 April 1992
STS-45, Atlantis |
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1): international experiments in atmospheric and astronomical research.
First Belgian in space (Frimout). |
Daniel C. Brandenstein
Kevin P. Chilton
Pierre J. Thuot
Kathryn C. Thornton
Richard J. Hieb
Thomas D. Akers
Bruce E. Melnick |
7 May 1992
STS-49, Endeavour |
16 May 1992
STS-49, Endeavour |
Retrieval and redeployment of INTELSAT VI (F-3) satellite.
Demonstration of maintenance and assembly capabilities for Space Station Freedom. |
Richard N. Richards
Kenneth D. Bowersox
Bonnie J. Dunbar
Lawrence J. DeLucas
Ellen S. Baker
Carl J. Meade
/ Eugene H. Trinh |
25 June 1992
STS-50, Columbia |
9 July 1992
STS-50, Columbia |
United States Microgravity Laboratory-I (USML-1): various microgravity experiments. |
Michael Tognini |
27 July 1992
Soyuz TM-15 |
Mir |
10 August 1992
Soyuz TM-14 |
Mir crew rotation. |
Anatoly Solovyev
Sergei Avdeyev |
1 February 1993
Soyuz TM-15 |
Loren J. Shriver
Andrew M. Allen
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Claude Nicollier
Marsha S. Ivins
Franco Malerba |
31 July 1992
STS-46, Atlantis |
8 August 1992
STS-46, Atlantis |
Deployment of ESA's European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA).
Deployment of joint NASA/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS) (failed).
First Swiss in space (Nicollier).
First Italian in space (Malerba). |
Robert L. Gibson
Curtis L. Brown
Mark C. Lee
N. Jan Davis
Jay Apt
Mae C. Jemison
Mamoru Mohri |
12 September 1992
STS-47, Endeavour |
20 September 1992
STS-47, Endeavour |
50th Space Shuttle mission.
Joint NASA and NASDA (Japanese space agency) mission; conducted microgravity investigations in materials and life sciences.
First African-American woman in space (Jemison). |
James B. Wetherbee
Michael A. Baker
Charles L. Veach
William M. Shepherd
Tamara E. Jernigan
Steven G. MacLean |
22 October 1992
STS-52, Columbia |
1 November 1992
STS-52, Columbia |
Deployment of Laser Geodynamic Satellite II (LAGEOS-II).
US Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1): physics experiments. |
David M. Walker
Robert D. Cabana
Guion S. Bluford
James S. Voss
Michael R. Clifford |
2 December 1992
STS-53, Discovery |
9 December 1992
STS-53, Discovery |
Classified US Department of Defense primary payload, reportedly a reconnaissance satellite.
Miscellaneous unclassified science experiments. |
1993 launches |
John H. Casper
Donald R. McMonagle
Mario Runco, Jr.
Gregory J. Harbaugh
Susan J. Helms |
13 January 1993
STS-54, Endeavour |
19 January 1993
STS-54, Endeavour |
Deployment of fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-F).
Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS) and microgravity experiments. |
Gennadi Manakov
Alexander Poleshchuk |
24 January 1993
Soyuz TM-16 |
Mir |
22 July 1993
Soyuz TM-16 |
Docking system tests. |
Kenneth D. Cameron
Stephen S. Oswald
/ C. Michael Foale
Kenneth D. Cockrell
Ellen Ochoa |
8 April 1993
STS-56, Discovery |
17 April 1993
STS-56, Discovery |
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2).
Atmospheric and solar science research. |
Steven R. Nagel
Terence T. Henricks
Jerry L. Ross
Charles J. Precourt
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.
Ulrich Walter
Hans Schlegel |
26 April 1993
STS-55, Columbia |
6 May 1993
STS-55, Columbia |
German-sponsored Spacelab flight: miscellaneous science experiments. |
Ronald J. Grabe
Brian Duffy
G. David Low
Nancy J. Currie
Peter J. Wisoff
Janice E. Voss |
21 June 1993
STS-57, Endeavour |
1 July 1993
STS-57, Endeavour |
First SPACEHAB flight: biomedical and materials sciences experiments. |
Jean-Pierre Haigneré |
2 July 1993
Soyuz TM-17 |
Mir |
22 July 1993
Soyuz TM-16 |
Mir crew rotation. |
Vasili Tsiblyev
Alexander A. Serebrov |
13 January 1994
Soyuz TM-17 |
Frank L. Culbertson, Jr.
William F. Readdy
James H. Newman
Daniel W. Bursch
Carl E. Walz |
12 September 1993
STS-51, Discovery |
22 September 1993
STS-51, Discovery |
Deployment of Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS).
Ultraviolet astronomical observations. |
John E. Blaha
Richard A. Searfoss
M. Rhea Seddon
William S. McArthur, Jr.
David A. Wolf
Shannon W. Lucid
Martin Fettman |
18 October 1993
STS-58, Columbia |
1 November 1993
STS-58, Columbia |
Spacelab life sciences mission. |
Richard O. Covey
Kenneth D. Bowersox
F. Story Musgrave
Kathryn C. Thornton
Claude Nicollier
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Thomas D. Akers |
2 December 1993
STS-61, Endeavour |
13 December 1993
STS-61, Endeavour |
First Hubble Space Telescope repair servicing mission. |
1994 launches |
Viktor M. Afanasyev
Yuri Usachyev |
8 January 1994
Soyuz TM-18 |
Mir |
9 July 1994
Soyuz TM-18 |
Mir crew rotation. |
Valeri Polyokov |
22 March 1995
Soyuz TM-20 |
Charles F. Bolden
Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr.
N. Jan Davis
Ronald M. Sega
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Sergei K. Krikalev |
3 February 1994
STS-60, Discovery |
11 February 1994
STS-60, Discovery |
SPACEHAB-2: materials science and life sciences investigations.
Wake Shield Facility-1 deployment.
Medical and radiological investigations.
First Russian to fly aboard the Space Shuttle (Krikalev). |
John H. Casper
Andrew M. Allen
Pierre J. Thuot
Charles D. Gemar
Marsha S. Ivins |
4 March 1994
STS-62, Columbia |
18 March 1994
STS-62, Columbia |
Miscellaneous scientific experiments. |
Sidney M. Gutierrez
Kevin P. Chilton
Linda M. Godwin
Jay Apt
Michael R. Clifford
Thomas D. Jones |
9 April 1994
STS-59, Endeavour |
20 April 1994
STS-59, Endeavour |
Radar mapping of Earth and atmospheric research. |
Yuri Malenchenko
Talgat Musabayev |
3 July 1994
Soyuz TM-19 |
Mir |
4 November 1994
Soyuz TM-19 |
Medical and materials science experiments.
Mir repairs. |
Robert D. Cabana
James D. Halsell
Richard J. Hieb
Carl E. Walz
Leroy Chiao
Donald A. Thomas
Chiaki Naito-Mukai |
8 July 1994
STS-65, Columbia |
23 July 1994
STS-65, Columbia |
International Microgravity Laboratory-2: miscellaneous microgravity experiments.
First Japanese woman in space (Naito-Mukai). |
Richard N. Richards
L. Blaine Hammond
Jerry M. Linenger
Susan J. Helms
Carl J. Meade
Mark C. Lee |
9 September 1994
STS-64, Discovery |
20 September 1994
STS-64, Discovery |
Atmospheric and solar observations. |
Michael A. Baker
Terrence W. Wilcutt
Thomas D. Jones
Steven L. Smith
Daniel W. Bursch
Peter J.K. Wisoff |
30 September 1994
STS-68, Endeavour |
11 October 1994
STS-68, Endeavour |
Radar imaging of Earth. |
Ulf Merbold |
4 October 1994
Soyuz TM-20 |
Mir |
4 November 1994
Soyuz TM-19 |
Mir crew rotation. |
Alexander Viktorenko
Yelena Kondakova |
22 March 1995
Soyuz TM-20 |
Donald R. McMonagle
Curtis Brown
Ellen Ochoa
Scott E. Parazynski
Joseph R. Tanner
Jean-François Clervoy |
3 November 1994
STS-66, Atlantis |
14 November 1994
STS-66, Atlantis |
Atmospheric research. |
1995 launches |
James D. Wetherbee
Eileen M. Collins
/ C. Michael Foale
Janice E. Voss
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.
Vladimir G. Titov |
3 February 1995
STS-63, Discovery |
11 February 1995
STS-63, Discovery |
Rendezvous maneuver with Mir.
First female pilot (Collins).
SPACEHAB-3: miscellaneous science experiments.
First EVA by an African-American astronaut (Harris). |
Stephen S. Oswald
William G. Gregory
Tamara E. Jernigan
John M. Grunsfeld
Wendy B. Lawrence
Ronald A. Parise
Samuel T. Durrance
|
2 March 1995
STS-67, Endeavour |
18 March 1995
STS-67, Endeavour |
Ultraviolet astronomy studies. |
Norman E. Thagard
Vladimir Dezhurov
Gennady Strekalov |
14 March 1995
Soyuz TM-21 |
Mir |
7 July 1995
STS-71, Atlantis |
First American to visit Mir (Thagard). |
Robert L. Gibson
Charles J. Precourt
Ellen S. Baker
Bonnie J. Dunbar
Gregory J. Harbaugh |
27 June 1995
STS-71, Atlantis |
Mir |
7 July 1995
STS-71, Atlantis |
First Shuttle-Mir docking.
Biomedical experiments.
Mir crew rotation and resupply. |
Anatoly Solovyev
Nikolai Budarin |
11 September 1995
Soyuz TM-21 |
Terence T. Henricks
Kevin R. Kregel
Nancy Currie
Donald A. Thomas
Mary Weber |
13 July 1995
STS-70, Discovery |
22 July 1995
STS-70, Discovery |
Deployment of 7th Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS).
Biological and biomedical studies. |
Sergei Avdeyev
Yuri Ghidzenko
Thomas Reiter |
5 September 1995
Soyuz TM-22 |
Mir |
29 February 1996
Soyuz TM-22 |
Mir crew rotation.
First EVA by a German cosmonaut (Reiter). |
David M. Walker
Kenneth Cockrell
James S. Voss
James H. Newman
Michael L. Gernhardt |
7 September 1995
STS-69, Endeavour |
18 September 1995
STS-69, Endeavour |
Solar observations.
Wake Shield Facility-2 deployment. |
Kenneth D. Bowersox
Kent V. Rominger
Kathryn C. Thornton
Catherine G. Coleman
Michael E. Lopez-Alegria
Fred W. Leslie
Albert Sacco, Jr. |
20 October 1995
STS-73, Columbia |
5 November 1995
STS-73, Columbia |
Microgravity experiments. |
Kenneth D. Cameron
James D. Halsell
Jerry L. Ross
William S. McArthur, Jr.
Chris A. Hadfield |
12 November 1995
STS-74, Atlantis |
Mir |
20 November 1995
STS-74, Atlantis |
Second Shuttle-Mir docking.
Delivery of Russian docking module and solar arrays. |
1996 launches |
Brian Duffy
Brent W. Jett
Leroy Chiao
Daniel T. Barry
Winston E. Scott
Koichi Wakata |
11 January 1996
STS-72, Endeavour |
20 January 1996
STS-72, Endeavour |
Capture and return to Earth of Space Flyer Unit (Japanese microgravity research spacecraft). |
Yuri Onufrienko
Yuri Usachyev |
21 February 1996
Soyuz TM-23 |
Mir |
2 September 1996
Soyuz TM-23 |
|
Andrew M. Allen
Scott J. Horowitz
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Maurizio Cheli
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Claude Nicollier
Umberto Guidoni |
22 February 1996
STS-75, Columbia |
9 March 1996
STS-75, Columbia |
Deployment of Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1R) (reflight, partial success).
Microgravity research. |
Kevin P. Chilton
Richard A. Searfoss
Linda M. Godwin
Michael R. Clifford
Ronald M. Sega |
22 March 1996
STS-76, Atlantis |
Mir |
31 March 1996
STS-76, Atlantis |
Mir crew rotation and resupply.
First American woman on Mir (Lucid). |
Shannon W. Lucid |
26 September 1996
STS-79, Atlantis |
John H. Casper
Curtis Brown
Daniel W. Bursch
Mario Runco, Jr.
Marc Garneau
Andrew Thomas |
19 May 1996
STS-77, Endeavour |
29 May 1996
STS-77, Endeavour |
SPACEHAB-4: miscellaneous science experiments.
Deployment of Spartan-207/IAE (Inflatable Antenna Experiment) satellite.
Rendezvous with experimental satellite. |
Terence T. Henricks
Kevin R. Kregel
Susan J. Helms
Richard M. Linnehan
Charles E. Brady, Jr.
Jean-Jacques Favier
Robert Brent Thirsk |
20 June 1996
STS-78, Columbia |
7 July 1996
STS-78, Columbia |
Microgravity, human physiology and life sciences research. |
Valery Korzun
Alexander Kaleri |
18 August 1996
Soyuz TM-24 |
Mir |
2 March 1997
Soyuz TM-24 |
Mir crew rotation.
Biological and medical experiments.
First Frenchwoman in space (Andre-Deshays). |
Claudie Andre-Deshays |
2 September 1996
Soyuz TM-23 |
William F. Readdy
Terrence W. Wilcutt
Thomas D. Akers
Jay Apt
Carl E. Walz |
16 September 1996
STS-79, Atlantis |
Mir |
26 September 1996
STS-79, Atlantis |
Mir crew rotation and resupply.
Miscellaneous scientific experiments. |
John E. Blaha |
22 January 1997
STS-81, Atlantis |
Kenneth D. Cockrell
Kent V. Rominger
Tamara E. Jernigan
Thomas D. Jones
F. Story Musgrave |
19 November 1996
STS-80, Columbia |
7 December 1996
STS-80, Columbia |
Deployment and retrieval of Wake Shield Facility and German-built Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrograph-Shuttle Pallet Satellite II (ORFEUS-SPAS II). |
1997 launches |
Michael A. Baker
Brent W. Jett
John M. Grunsfeld
Marsha S. Ivins
Peter J.K. Wisoff |
12 January 1997
STS-81, Atlantis |
Mir |
22 January 1997
STS-81, Atlantis |
Mir crew rotation and resupply. |
Jerry M. Linenger |
24 May 1997
STS-84, Atlantis |
Vasili Tsibliev
Aleksander Lazutkin |
10 February 1997
Soyuz TM-25 |
Mir |
14 August 1997
Soyuz TM-25 |
Mir crew rotation and resupply. |
Reinhold Ewald |
2 March 1997
Soyuz TM-24 |
Kenneth D. Bowersox
Scott J. Horowitz
Mark C. Lee
Steven A. Hawley
Gregory J. Harbaugh
Steven L. Smith
Joseph R. Tanner |
11 February 1997
STS-82, Discovery |
21 February 1997
STS-82, Discovery |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. |
James D. Halsell
Susan L. Still
Janice E. Voss
Donald A. Thomas
Michael L. Gernhardt
Roger Crouch
Greg Linteris |
4 April 1997
STS-83, Columbia |
8 April 1997
STS-83, Columbia |
Microgravity experiments.
Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems. |
Charles J. Precourt
Eileen M. Collins
Jean-François Clervoy
Carlos I. Noriega
Edward T. Lu
Yelena V. Kondakova |
15 May 1997
STS-84, Atlantis |
Mir |
24 May 1997
STS-84, Atlantis |
Mir crew rotation and resupply.
First joint US-Russian space walk. |
/ C. Michael Foale |
6 October 1997
STS-86, Atlantis |
James D. Halsell
Susan L. Still
Janice E. Voss
Donald A. Thomas
Michael L. Gernhardt
Roger Crouch
Greg Linteris |
1 July 1997
STS-94, Columbia |
17 July 1997
STS-94, Columbia |
Microgravity experiments; reflight of curtailed STS-83 mission. |
Anatoly Solovyev
Pavel Vinogradov |
6 August 1997
Soyuz TM-26 |
Mir |
19 February 1998
Soyuz TM-26 |
Mir repair. |
Curtis Brown
Kent V. Rominger
N. Jan Davis
Robert L. Curbeam
Stephen K. Robinson
Bjarni Tryggvason |
7 August 1997
STS-85, Discovery |
19 August 1997
STS-85, Discovery |
Atmospheric research. |
James D. Wetherbee
Michael J. Bloomfield
Vladimar G. Titov
Scott E. Parazynski
Jean-Loup Chrétien
Wendy B. Lawrence |
25 September 1997
STS-86, Atlantis |
Mir |
6 October 1997
STS-86, Atlantis |
Mir crew rotation and resupply. |
David A. Wolf |
31 January 1998
STS-89, Endeavour |
Steven W. Lindsey
Kevin R. Kregel
Winston E. Scott
Kalpana Chawla
Takao Doi
Leonid K. Kadenyuk |
19 November 1997
STS-87, Columbia |
5 December 1997
STS-87, Columbia |
Miscellaneous scientific experiments.
First Japanese EVA (Doi).
First Ukrainian in space (Kadenyuk). |
1998 launches |
Terrence W. Wilcutt
Joe F. Edwards, Jr.
Bonnie J. Dunbar
Michael P. Anderson
James F. Reilly, II
Salizhan Sharipov |
22 January 1998
STS-89, Endeavour |
Mir |
31 January 1998
STS-89, Endeavour |
Mir crew rotation and resupply.
First Uzbek astronaut (Sharipov). |
Andrew Thomas |
12 June 1998
STS-91, Discovery |
Léopold Eyharts |
29 January 1998
Soyuz TM-27 |
Mir |
19 February 1998
Soyuz TM-26 |
Mir crew rotation. |
Talgat Musabayev
Nikolai Budarin |
25 August 1998
Soyuz TM-27 |
Richard A. Searfoss
Scott D. Altman
Richard M. Linnehan
Dafydd Rhys Williams
Kathryn P. Hire
Jay C. Buckley
James A. Pawelzyk |
17 April 1998
STS-90, Columbia |
3 May 1998
STS-90, Columbia |
Neuroscience research.
Final Spacelab mission. |
Charles J. Precourt
Dominic L. Gorie
Wendy B. Lawrence
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Janet L. Kavandi
Valery Ryumin |
2 June 1998
STS-91, Discovery |
Mir |
12 June 1998
STS-91, Discovery |
Final Shuttle-Mir docking; Mir crew rotation and resupply.
Astrophysics research. |
Yuri Baturin |
15 August 1998
Soyuz TM-28 |
Mir |
25 August 1998
Soyuz TM-27 |
Mir crew rotation. |
Gennady Padalka |
28 February 1999
Soyuz TM-28 |
Sergei Avdeyev |
28 August 1999
Soyuz TM-29 |
Curtis L. Brown
Steven W. Lindsey
Scott E. Parazynski
Stephen K. Robinson
Pedro Duque
Chiaki Mukai
John H. Glenn |
29 October 1998
STS-95, Discovery |
7 November 1998
STS-95, Discovery |
Miscellaneous scientific experiments.
First Spaniard in space (Duque).
Veteran John Glenn returned to space aged 77. |
Robert D. Cabana
Frederick W. Sturckow
Nancy J. Currie
Jerry L. Ross
James H. Newman
Sergei K. Krikalev |
4 December 1998
STS-88, Endeavour |
ISS |
15 December 1998
STS-88, Endeavour |
First ISS construction mission.
Delivery of Unity Node Module. |
1999 launches |
Ivan Bella |
20 February 1999
Soyuz TM-29 |
Mir |
28 February 1999
Soyuz TM-28 |
Mir crew rotation.
First Slovak in space (Bella). |
Viktor M. Afanasyev
Jean-Pierre Haigneré |
28 August 1999
Soyuz TM-29 |
Kent V. Rominger
Rick D. Husband
Ellen Ochoa
Tamara E. Jernigan
Daniel T. Barry
Julie Payette
Valery Ivanovich Tokarev |
27 May 1999
STS-96, Discovery |
ISS |
6 June 1999
STS-96, Discovery |
Second ISS flight; ISS assembly and resupply. |
Eileen M. Collins
Jeffrey S. Ashby
Steven A. Hawley
Catherine G. Coleman
Michel Tognini |
23 July 1999
STS-93, Columbia |
27 July 1999
STS-93, Columbia |
Deployment of Chandra X-ray Observatory.
First female Shuttle Commander (Collins). |
Curtis L. Brown
Scott J. Kelly
Steven L. Smith
/ C. Michael Foale
John M. Grunsfeld
Claude Nicollier
Jean-François Clervoy |
19 December 1999
STS-103, Discovery |
27 December 1999
STS-103, Discovery |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing. |
Continued at List of human spaceflights, 2000-present |