Resident Crews of the MIR

MIR: Expedition 18
(EO-18)

Patch Soyuz TM-21 / MIR-18
 

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Patch Shuttle-MIR (with all names) Patch Shuttle-MIR
 

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Crew MIR-18
MIR astronauts

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Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2 3
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation USA
Surname:  Dezhurov  Strekalov  Thagard
Given names:  Vladimir Nikolayevich  Gennadi Mikhailovich  Norman Earl
Position:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Research Cosmonaut
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz TM-21  Soyuz TM-21  Soyuz TM-21
Launch date:  14.03.1995  14.03.1995  14.03.1995
Launchtime:  06:11 UTC  06:11 UTC  06:11 UTC
Spacecraft (Landing):  STS-71  STS-71  STS-71
Landingdate:  07.07.1995  07.07.1995  07.07.1995
Landingtime:  14:54 UTC  14:54 UTC  14:54 UTC
Mission duration:  115d 08h 43m  115d 08h 43m  115d 08h 43m
Orbits:  1825  1825  1825

Backup Crew

No.: 1 2 3
Nation: Russian Federation Russian Federation USA
Surname:  Soloviyov  Budarin  Dunbar
Given names:  Anatoli Yakovlevich  Nikolai Mikhailovich  Bonnie Jeanne
Position:  Commander  Flight Engineer  Research Cosmonaut

Crew Soyuz TM-21 (backup)

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Expedition Report

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the MIR space station on 16.03.1995. The crew returned to Earth with Space Shuttle STS-71.

The resident crew was exchanged. The three cosmonauts became the 18th resident crew. Thagard became the first U.S. astronaut onboard the MIR space station. Later the new Spektr module docked with the MIR.

Dezhurov and Strekalov performed five EVAs on 12.05.1995 (6h 14m), 17.05.1995 (6h 41m), 22.05.1995 (5h 14m), 28.05.1995 (0h 21m) and 01.06.1995 (0h 22m) to rebuild the space station (installation of solar array and repositioning docking adapter). There have been several technical problems during this mission. The cosmonauts also performed life science experiments.

Photos / Drawings

MIR since 10.06.1990 MIR since 02.06.1995
Soyuz TM-21 launch Soyuz TM-21 onboard MIR
EVA Strekalov onboard MIR
STS-71 landing  

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