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Mir EO-21

Twenty-first expedition to Mir space station

Twenty-first expedition to Mir space station

FieldValue
nameMir EO-21
insigniaMir EO-21 patch.png
mission_typeMir expedition
mission_duration193.8 days (Onufrienko, Usachyov) (launch to landing)
crew_size2 (February-March)
3 (March-September)
crew_membersYuri Onufrienko
Yury Usachov
Shannon Lucid* (from March)
* - Transferred to EO-22
crew_callsignSkif
crew_photoS76e5199.jpg
crew_photo_captionYury Usachov, Yuri Onufrienko, Shannon Lucid
space_stationMir
start_date
end_date
arrival_craftSoyuz TM-23
STS-76 (Lucid)
departure_craftSoyuz TM-23
STS-79
previous_missionEO-20
next_missionEO-22
programmeLong-term Mir expeditions

3 (March-September) Yury Usachov Shannon Lucid* (from March)

    • Transferred to EO-22

STS-76 (Lucid)

STS-79

Mir EO-21 was a long-duration mission aboard the Russian Space station Mir, which occurred between February and September 1996. The crew consisted of two Russian cosmonauts, Commander Yuri Onufrienko and Yury Usachov, as well as American astronaut Shannon Lucid. Lucid arrived at the station about a month into the expedition, and left about a week following its conclusion; NASA refers to her mission as NASA-2. She was the second American to have a long-duration stay aboard Mir, the first being Norman Thagard, as a crew member of Mir EO-18; he stayed on the station for 111 days. Some sources refer to her mission as Mir NASA-1, claiming that she was the first American to have a long-duration stay aboard Mir.

Crew

Mir EO-21NameSpaceflightLaunchLandingDurationNotes
CommanderRUS Yuri OnufrienkoFirst21 February 1996
Soyuz TM-232 September 1996
Soyuz TM-23193 days
Flight EngineerRUS Yury UsachovSecond
Flight EngineerUSA Shannon LucidFifth and last22 March 1996
STS-7626 September 1996
STS-79188 daysAboard the station
for some of Mir EO-22

Mission highlights

Crew handover and Mir Cassiopee

On 19 August 1996, the Soyuz TM-24 spacecraft docked with Mir's front port. It brought to the station two of the next long-duration crew, Valery Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri. The following expedition, Mir EO-22, would be commanded by Korzun. Also aboard Soyuz TM-24 was French astronaut Claudie Haigneré (then called Claudie Andre-Deshays), whose mission is known as Mir Cassiopee.

References

References

  1. "Mir EO-21". Encyclopedia Astronautica.
  2. "STS-76". Encyclopedia Astronautica.
  3. "NASA-2". NASA.
  4. Marsha Freeman. (July 2000). "Challenges of human space exploration". Springer.
  5. "Mir NASA-1". Encyclopedia Astronautica.
  6. "Mir Cassiopee". Encyclopedia Astronautica.
  7. "International cooperation in space manned programs realization". [[Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center]].
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