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Mir Expeditions

U.S. Mir astronauts served as crewmembers of different Mir "expeditions," which occupied Mir beginning in 1986. The following table presents NASA's participation in Mir expeditions.

 

NASA Astronaut	Mir Expedition Russian Crew	Dates of Joint Residency
Norman Thagard	Mir-18 V. N. Dezhurov G. M. Stekalov	03/16/95 - 07/04/95
Shannon Lucid	Mir-21 Y. N. Onufriyenko Y. V. Usachev	03/24/96- 08/19/96
	Mir-22 V. G. Korzun A. Y. Kaleri	08/19/96- 09/19/96
John Blaha	Mir-22 V. G. Korzun A. Y. Kaleri	09/19/96- 01/15/97
Jerry Linenger	Mir-22 V. G. Korzun A. Y. Kaleri	01/15/97- 02/12/97
	Mir-23 V. V. Tsibliev A. I. Lazutkin	02/12/97- 05/17/97
Michael Foale	Mir-23 V. V. Tsibliev A. I. Lazutkin	05/17/97- 08/07/97
	Mir-24 A. Y. Solovyev P. V. Vinogradov	08/07/97- 09/27/97
David Wolf	Mir-24 A. Y. Solovyev P. V. Vinogradov	09/27/97- 01/24/98
Andrew Thomas	Mir-24 A. Y. Solovyev P. V. Vinogradov	01/24/98-01/31/98
	Mir-25 T. A. Musabaev N. M. Budarin	01/31/98-08/25/98

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