Shuttle-Mir Oral History Project: 1996 - 1998
Phase 1 of the International Space Station

From early 1994 into 1998, 7 American astronauts spent nearly 1000 days living in orbit with Russian cosmonauts on board the space station Mir. American space shuttles rendezvoused 10 times with Russia's space station Mir. Called "Phase 1," the Shuttle-Mir Program prepared the way for the International Space Station and began an era of cooperation and exploration, rarely seen in human history.

Albrecht, Mark J. 4-20-99	Executive Secretary, National Space Council
Aleksandrov, Aleksandr P. 3-25-98	Co-chair, Crew Training and Exchange Working Group and EVA Working Group
Barratt, Michael R. 4-14-98	Flight Surgeon
Billica, Roger D. 6-17-98	Lead, Medical Operations Working Group
Blagov, Victor D. 5-28-98	Deputy Flight Director, Mission Control, Russia
Blaha, John E. 8-24-98	NASA 3 Mir Residident
Bogomolov, Valeri V. 5-30-98	Institute of Biomedical Problems
Brice, Travis R. 5-7-98	Russian Projects Office
Brown, William C. 5-6-98	Chair, Crew Exchange Working Group
Capps, Tommy E. 8-18-98	Training Manager
Cardenas, Jeffrey A. 4-24-98 5-21-98	Co-chair, Mir Operations and Integration Working Group
Castle, Robert E. 6-24-98	Flight Director
Charles, John B. 8-28-98	NASA/Mir Mission Scientist
Chiodo, Christine A. 8-4-98	Operations Lead, Russia
Cremins, Tom E. 2-13-98	Deputy, Assistant to the Director, Russia
Culbertson, Frank L. 3-24-98	Shuttle-Mir Program Manager
Dailey, Brian 4-19-99	National Space Council
Davis, Sally P. 8-14-98	Russian Interface Officer (RIO)
Dunbar, Bonnie J. 6-16-98	Shuttle Astronaut
Dye, Paul F. 5-27-98	Flight Director
Engelauf, Phillip L. 6-24-98	Flight Director
Engle, Joe H. 7-15-98	Stafford-Utkin Task Force
Flynn, Christopher F. 9-8-98	Flight Surgeon
Foale, C. Michael 6-16-98 7-7-98 7-31-98	Shuttle Astronaut, NASA 5 Mir Resident
Fullerton, Richard K. 5-21-98	Co-chair, EVA Working Group
Gahring, Scott D. 7-31-98	Operations Lead, NASA 7 Increment
Gerstenmaier, William H. 9-22-98	Operations Lead, NASA 2 Increment
Gilmore, Jessie M. 9-1-98	Executive Secretary/Assistant, Phase 1 Program Office
Glazkov, Yuri Nikolayevich 5-31-98	Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
Holland, Albert W. 8-13-98	Psychologist
Jett, Brent W. 6-17-98	Director of Operations, Russia Shuttle Astronaut
Johnson, Gary W. 2-17-98	Deputy Director, Russian Projects SR&QA
Kargopolov, Yuri P. 5-29-98	Gagarin Crew Training Center
Kitmacher, Gary H. 6-29-98	Lead, Priroda Module
Lawrence, Wendy B. 7-21-98	Shuttle Astronaut , Mission Specialist STS-86 and STS-91
Lomanov, Anatoli V. 5-31-98	Deputy Director, Russian Program Coordination & Organization
Lopez-Alegria, Michael E. 7-7-98	Director of Operations, Russia Shuttle Astronaut
Lucid, Shannon W. 6-17-98	Shuttle Astronaut, NASA 2 Mir Resident
Lutomski, Michael G. 3-12-98	Operations Representative, NASA Moscow Technical Liaison Office
Marshburn, Thomas H. 9-4-98	Flight Surgeon
Moore, Isaac W. "Caasi" 6-19-98	Operations Lead, NASA 3 Increment
Moore, Patricia 7-30-98	Operations Lead, NASA 6 Increment
Morgun, Valeri V. 7-17-98	Gagarin Crew Training Center
Mott, Michael 4-23-99	NASA Associate Deputy Administrator
Nise, James R. 2-12-98	Contract Director, Shuttle-Mir Management Working Group
Noah, Donald S. 8-4-98	Manager, Space Shuttle Integration Engineering Office
Nygren, Richard W. 7-23-98	Chair, Mir Operations and Integration Working Group
Pool, Sam L.  8-3-98	Assistant Director, Space Medicine Space and Life Sciences Directorate
Precourt, Charles J. 7-12-98	Shuttle Astronaut, Commander STS-84 and STS-91
Rahn, Debra 7-8-98	Public Affairs Officer, International Relations
Readdy, William F. 6-8-98	Shuttle Astronaut, Commander STS-79
Reed, Lisa M. 6-19-98	Training Lead
Reeves, William D. 6-22-98	Flight Director
Ryumin, Valery V. 4-27-98	Director, NASA-Mir Program, Russia
Sandars, George W. 6-12-98	Chair, Flight Operations and Systems Integration Working Group
Sang, Anthony C. 3-18-98	Operations Lead, NASA 4 Increment
Sega, Ronald M. 7-6-98 9-9-98	Director of Operations, Russia
Semyachkin, Vladimir 7-17-98	General Designer, RSC Energia
Sharipov, Salizhan S. 3-8-98	Cosmonaut, Mission Specialist, STS-89
Stegemoeller, Charles 8-6-98	Project Manager/Spektr Module
Thagard, Norman E. 9-16-98	Shuttle Astronaut, NASA 1 Mir Resident
Thomas, Andrew S.W. 7-22-98	Shuttle Astronaut, NASA 7 Mir Resident
Titov, Vladmir G. 7-21-98	Cosmonaut, STS-63 and STS-86
Tsygankov, Oleg S. 3-25-98	Manager, Mir EVA Office
Uri, John J. 5-15-98	NASA Phase 1 Mission Scientist
Van Laak, James E. 3-12-98	Deputy Director, Phase 1 Program Office
Vorobiev, Pavel M. 5-30-98	Co-chair, Cargo and Scheduling Subgroup, RSC Energia
Watson, J. Kevin 4-9-98	NASA Liason
Wetherbee, James D. 8-6-98	Shuttle Astronaut, STS-63 and STS-86
Wolf, David A. 6-23-98	Shuttle Astronaut, NASA 6 Mir Resident
Zimmerman, Keith 7-23-98	Operations Lead, NASA 5 Increment
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