February
3 - 11
STS-60:
First Cosmonaut on the Shuttle
Sergei K. Krikalev was the first Cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle.
February
3 - 11
STS-63:
First Rendezvous with Mir
With Cosmonaut Vladimir Titov aboard, Discovery rendezvoused with
Mir, closed to within 37 feet, and performed a fly-around, but did not
dock.
March 14
- July 7
Thagard
Increment: First Astronaut on Mir
Astronaut Norman Thagard launched with Cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov
and Gennady Strekalov aboard a Russian Soyuz to spend 115 days on Mir.
June 27
- July 7
STS-71:
First Docking
Atlantis performed the first shuttle docking with Mir; delivered
a replacement crew -- cosmonauts Anatoly Soloyev and Nikolai Budarin --
and returned Dezhurov, Strekalov, and Thagard to Earth.
November
12 - 20
STS-74:
A New Docking Module
The first shuttle assembly flight to Mir, it carried a Russian-built,
U.S.-funded docking module with two attached solar arrays.
March
22 - 31
STS-76:
Starting a Continuous U.S. Presence
This mission carried Shannon Lucid to Mir, demonstrated logistics
capabilities with a Spacehab module, and placed experiment packages on
Mir's docking module during a spacewalk.
March 22
- August 26
Lucid
Increment: One for the Records
Shannon Lucid began the continuous U.S. presence on Mir and set a
U.S. single spaceflight record of 188 days. The Priroda module, with about
2,200 pounds of U.S. science hardware, was docked to Mir.
August
16 - 26
STS-79:
Blaha Succeeds Lucid
This mission included a double Spacehab module. It brought Lucid
home and replaced her with John Blaha.
August 16
-
January 22, 1997
Blaha Increment: Keeping it Going
Blaha spent four months with the Mir-22 Cosmonaut crew conducting
material science, fluid science, and life science research.
January
12 - 22
STS-81:
Linenger Succeeds Blaha
On this mission, Jerry Linenger replaced Blaha.
January 12
- May 24
Linenger
Increment: A Spacewalk and a Fire
Linenger conducted the first spacewalk by a U.S. astronaut wearing
a Russian spacesuit and experienced the onboard fire in February.
May
15 - 24
STS-84:
Foale Succeeds Linenger
This mission carried up Linenger's replacement Mike Foale, along
with Russian mission specialist Elena V. Kondakova.
May 15
- September 25
Foale
Increment: Collision and Recovery
Foale experienced the collision with the Progress, which damaged
the Spektr module and caused the loss of some science experiments. A remarkable
salvage and replanning effort by Foale and the science community maximized
the scientific return. Foale conducted a spacewalk with Anatoly Solovyev
to survey damage to the Spektr module.
September
25
- October 6
STS-86:
Wolf Succeeds Foale
David Wolf boarded Mir with this mission, replacing Foale. Astronaut
Scott Parazynski and cosmonaut Vladimir Titov conducted a joint spacewalk,
the first in which a Russian wore a U.S. spacesuit.
September
25 -
Jan. 31, 1998
Wolf
Increment: Back Toward Normal
Wolf conducted a spacewalk in January with cosmonaut Solovyev to
conduct scientific experiments.
January
22 - 31
STS-89:
Thomas Succeeds Wolf
This mission replaced Wolf with Andy Thomas. The flight also carried
cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov to Mir.
January 22
- June 12
Thomas
Increment: Smoothest Sailing
Thomas studied meteorology, ocean biochemistry, and human adaptation
to microgravity.
June
2 - 12
STS-91:
Closing Out Shuttle-Mir
This mission picked up Thomas and conducted scientific investigations.
Phase 1 came to a close.