| Designation
and country |
Date | Astronauts | Flight time
(hr./min) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vostok 1 (U.S.S.R.) | April 12, 1961 | Yuri A. Gagarin | 1/48 | First person in space. |
| MR III (U.S.) | May 5, 1961 | Alan B. Shepard, Jr. | 0/15 | Range 486 km (302 mi.), peak 187 km (116.5 mi); capsule recovered. First American in space. |
| Vostok 2 (U.S.S.R.) | Aug. 6–7, 1961 | Gherman S. Titov | 25/18 | First long-duration flight. |
| MA VI (U.S.) | Feb. 20, 1962 | John H. Glenn, Jr. | 4/55 | First American in orbit. |
| MA IX (U.S.) | May 15–16, 1963 | L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. | 34/20 | Longest Mercury flight. |
| Vostok 6 (U.S.S.R.) | June 16–19, 1963 | Valentina V. Tereshkova | 70/50 | First woman in space. |
| Voskhod 1 (U.S.S.R.) | Oct. 12, 1964 | Vladimir M. Komarov,
Konstantin P. Feoktistov, Boris G. Yegorov |
24/17 | First 3-person orbital flight; also first flight without space suits. |
| Voskhod 2 (U.S.S.R.) | March 18, 1965 | Alexei A. Leonov,
Pavel I. Belyayev |
26/2 | First “space walk” (by Leonov), 10 min. |
| GT III (U.S.) | March 23, 1965 | Virgil I. Grissom,
John W. Young |
4/53 | First American 2-person crew. |
| GT IV (U.S.) | June 3–7, 1965 | James A. McDivitt,
Edward H. White, II |
97/48 | First American “space walk” (by White), lasting slightly over 20 min. |
| GT VIII (U.S.) | March 16–17, 1966 | Neil A. Armstrong,
David R. Scott |
10/42 | First docking between staffed spacecraft and an unstaffed space vehicle (an orbiting Agena rocket). |
| Apollo 7 (U.S.) | Oct. 11–22, 1968 | Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,
Donn F. Eisele, R. Walter Cunningham |
260/9 | First staffed test of Apollo command module; first live TV transmissions from orbit. |
| Soyuz 3 (U.S.S.R.) | Oct. 26–30, 1968 | Georgi T. Bergeovoi | 94/51 | First staffed rendezvous and possible docking by Soviet cosmonaut. |
| Apollo 8 (U.S.) | Dec. 21–27, 1968 | Frank Borman,
James A. Lovell, Jr., William A. Anders |
147/00 | First spacecraft in circumlunar orbit; TV transmissions from this orbit. The three astronauts were also the first astronauts to view the whole Earth. |
| Apollo 9 (U.S.) | Mar. 3–13, 1969 | James A. McDivitt,
David R. Scott, Russell L. Schweikart |
241/1 | First staffed flight of Lunar Module. |
| Apollo 10 (U.S.) | May 18–26, 1969 | Thomas P. Stafford,
Eugene A. Cernan, John W. Young |
192/3 | First descent to within nine miles of Moon's surface by staffed craft. |
| Apollo 11 (U.S.) | July 16–24, 1969 | Neil A. Armstrong,
Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Michael Collins |
195/18 | First staffed landing and EVA on Moon;
soil and rock samples collected; experiments left on lunar surface. |
| Soyuz 6 (U.S.S.R.) | Oct. 11–16, 1969 | Gorgiy Shonin,
Valriy Kabasov |
118/42 | Three spacecraft and seven men put into Earth orbit simultaneously for first time. |
| Apollo 12 (U.S.) | Nov. 14–24, 1969 | Charles Conrad, Jr.,
Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Alan Bean |
244/36 | Staffed lunar landing mission; investigated Surveyor 3 spacecraft; collected lunar samples. EVA time: 15 hr. 30 min. |
| Apollo 13 (U.S.) | April 11–17, 1970 | James A. Lovell, Jr.,
Fred W. Haise, Jr., John L. Swigert, Jr. |
142/54 | Third staffed lunar landing attempt; aborted due to pressure loss in liquid oxygen in service module and failure of fuel cells. |
| Apollo 14 (U.S.) | Jan. 31–Feb. 9, 1971 | Alan B. Shepard,
Stuart A. Roosa, Edgar D. Mitchell |
216/42 | Third staffed lunar landing: returned largest amount of lunar material. |
| Soyuz 11 (U.S.S.R.) | June 6–30, 1971 | Georgiy Tomofeyevich Dobrovolskiy,
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, Viktor Ivanovich Patsyev |
569/40 | Longest stay in space. Linked up with first space
station, Salyut 1. Astronauts died just before reentry due to loss
of pressurization in
spacecraft. |
| Apollo 15 (U.S.) | July 26–Aug. 7, 1971 | David R. Scott,
James B. Irwin, Alfred M. Worden |
295/12 | Fourth staffed lunar landing; first use of lunar rover propelled by Scott and Irwin; first live pictures of LM lift-off from Moon; exploration time: 18 hours. |
| Apollo 16 (U.S.) | April 16–27, 1972 | John W. Young,
Thomas K. Mattingly, Charles M. Duke, Jr. |
265/51 | Fifth staffed lunar landing; second use of lunar rover vehicle, propelled by Young and Duke. Total exploration time on the Moon was 20 hr. 14 min, setting new record. Mattingly's in-flight “walk in space” was 1 hr. 23 min. Approximately 213 lb of lunar rock returned. |
| Apollo 17 (U.S.) | Dec. 7–19, 1972 | Eugene A. Cernan,
Ronald E. Evans, Harrison H. Schmitt |
301/51 | Sixth and last staffed lunar landing; third to carry lunar rover. Cernan and Schmitt, during three EVA's, completed total of 22 hr. 05 min 3 sec. USS Ticonderoga recovered crew and about 250 lbs of lunar samples. |
| Skylab SL-2 (U.S.) | May 25–June 22, 1973 | Charles Conrad, Jr.,
Joseph P. Kerwin, Paul J. Weitz |
672/50 | First staffed Skylab launch. Established
Skylab Orbital Assembly and conducted scientific and medical
experiments. |
| Skylab SL-3 (U.S.) | July 28–Sept. 25, 1973 | Alan L. Bean, Jr.,
Jack R. Lousma, Owen K. Garriott |
1427/9 | Second staffed Skylab launch. New crew remained in space for 59 days, continuing scientific and medical experiments and Earth observations from orbit. |
| Skylab SL-4 (U.S.) | Nov. 16, 1973–
Feb. 8, 1974 |
Gerald Carr,
Edward Gibson, William Pogue |
2017/16 | Third staffed Skylab launch; obtained medical data on crew for use in extending the duration of staffed space flight; crews “walked in space” 4 times, totaling 44 hr., 40 min. Longest space mission yet: 84 d 1 hr. 16 min. Splashdown in Pacific, Feb. 9, 1974. |
| Apollo/Soyuz
Test Project (U.S. and U.S.S.R.) |
July 15–24, 1975
(U.S.) |
U.S.: Brig. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford,
Vance D. Brand, Donald K. Slayton |
216/05 | World's first international staffed rendezvous
and docking in space; aimed at developing a space rescue
capability. |
| Apollo/Soyuz
Test Project (U.S. and U.S.S.R.) |
July 15–21, 1975
(U.S.S.R.) |
U.S.S.R.: Col. A. A. Leonov,
V. N. Kubasov |
223/35 | Apollo and Soyuz docked and crewmen exchanged visits on July 17, 1975. Mission duration for Soyuz: 142 hr. 31 min. For Apollo: 217 hr., 28 min. |
| Columbia (U.S.) | April 12–14, 1981 | Capt. Robert L. Crippen,
John W. Young |
54/20 | Maiden voyage of Space Shuttle. |
| Salyut 7 (U.S.S.R.) | Feb. 8, 1984–
Oct. 2, 1985 |
Leonid Kizim,
Vladimir Solovyov, Oleg Atkov |
237 days | Set a record for Soviet team endurance flight in orbiting space station. |
| Mir (U.S.S.R.) | Feb. 8, 1987–
Dec. 29, 1987 |
Yuri V. Romanenko1 | 326.5 days | Set a record for Soviet single endurance flight in orbiting space station. |
| Mir (U.S.S.R.) | Dec. 21, 1987–
Dec. 21, 1988 |
Col. Vladimir Titov,
Musa Manarov |
366 days | Set current record for Soviet team endurance flight in orbiting space station. |
| Endeavour (U.S.) | May 7–16, 1992 | Richard J. Hieb,
Maj. Thomas D. Akers, Cdr. Pierre J. Thugt |
8 days,
23 hr., 17 min. |
The three mission specialists remained free of the Endeavour for 8 hours and 20 minutes on May 13 during the repair of communications satellite, setting an absolute record for extravehicular duration in space. First capture of a satellite using hands only. |
| Endeavour (U.S.) | Dec. 2–13, 1993 | Col. Richard O. Covey, Cdr. Kenneth D. Bowersox,
Lt. Col. Tom Akers,* Dr. Jeffrey A. Hoffman,** Dr. Story Musgrave,** Claude
Nicollier, Dr. Kathryn C. Thornton*
(*two space walks; **three space walks) |
10 days,
19 hr., 59 min. |
Repaired Hubble Space Telescope. Replaced gyroscopes, solar arrays, camera, electronics, and hardware. Installed COSTAR corrective optics to compensate for flaw in Hubble's primary mirror. Record five space walks in a single mission. |
| Discovery (U.S.) | Feb. 3–11, 1994 | Col. Charles F. Bolden, Capt. Kenneth S. Reightier, Jr., Dr. N. Jan Davis, Dr. Frankling R. Chang-Diaz, Dr. Ronald M. Sega, Russian cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev | 8 days
7 hr., 22 sec. |
Test flight of Wake Shield Facility, an
experimental, retrievable, free-flying satellite for use in developing exotic materials. Cargo bay carried a private, commercial pressurized-laboratory, Spacehab, for experimental use, leased by NASA. Crew member Sergei K. Krikalev was first Russian cosmonaut to be launched in an American spacecraft. |
| Columbia (U.S.) | July 8–23, 1994 | Col. Robert D. Cabana, Lieut. Col. James D. Halsell, Jr., Richard J. Heib, Lieut. Col. Carl E. Walz, Dr. Leroy Chiao, Dr. Donald A. Thomas, Dr. Chiaki Naito-Mukai (the first Japanese woman astronaut) | 14 days
17 hr., 55 min. |
Studied the effects of limited gravity of orbital flight on materials and living things including goldfish, killifish, jellyfish, sea urchins, and Japanese red-bellied newts. |
| Mir-17 (Russia) | Jan. 8, 1994–
Mar. 22, 1995 |
Dr. Valery Polyakov | 4392 days | Record single endurance flight in orbiting space station. Returned to earth with crewmates cosmonaut Helena Kondakova and commander Alexander Viktorenko, who spent 169 days each in Mir. |
| Discovery (U.S.) | Feb. 3–11, 1995 | Cdr. James D. Wetherbee, Lt. Col. Eileen M. Collins,
Dr. Janice Voss, Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr.,* Dr. C. Michael Foale,* Russian
cosmonaut Co. Vladimir G. Titov
*performed spacewalks. |
8 days
6 hr., 29 min. |
First rendezvous of U.S. spacecraft with a Russian space station (Mir), Feb. 6. Lt. Col. Collins was first female shuttle pilot. Deployed and retrieved solar observatory satellite. Extra-vehicular activity to test new space suit modifications and practice space station assembly techniques. EVA time: 4 hr., 35 min. |
| Soyuz TM-21 (Russia) | March 14–22, 1995 | Russian cosmonauts Lieut. Col. Vladimir N. Dezhurov and Gennady M. Strekalov, and U.S. astronaut Dr. Norman E. Thagard | Dr. Thagard became the first American astronaut to fly aboard a Soyuz spacecraft with a Russian crew launched from Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan. He also became the first American to enter the Mir space station on March 16. | |
| Atlantis (U.S.) | June 27–July 7, 1995 | Lt. Col. Charles J. Prescourt, Capt. Robert L. (Hoot) Gibson, Dr. Eileen S. Baker, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, Russian cosmonauts: Mir-19 commander Anatoly Y. Solovyev, Nikolai M. Budarin | 10 days | Marked 100th human mission in U.S. space program and first shuttle link-up with Mir: docked June 29, undocked July 4. Joined spacecraft held a record 10 people: 6 Americans and 4 Russians. Three Mir crew (Mir-18 commander Lieut. Col. Vladimir N. Dezhurov, cosmonaut Grennady M. Strekalov, and U.S. astronaut Dr. Norman E. Thagard) returned to Earth aboard the Atlantis. Dr. Thagard set a U.S. space record of 112 days in space aboard Mir. Cosmonauts Solovyev and Budarin remained aboard Mir. |
| Atlantis (U.S.) | Nov. 12–20, 1995 | Col. Kenneth D. Cameron, Lieut. Col. James D. Halsell, Jr., Col. Jerry L. Ross, Lieut. Col. William S. McArthur, Jr., Canadian Major Chris A. Hadfield, who operated the robot arm | 8 days,
4 hr., 31 min. |
Second docking with Mir. Carried 15-foot-long Russian-made docking module and attached it to Mir. Brought 2 new solar-powered panels for Mir and also supplies and scientific equipment. U.S. and Russian astronauts spent 3 days together on Mir conducting experiments. |
| Endeavour (U.S.) | Jan. 11–20, 1996 | Col. Brian Duffy, Brent Jett, Dr. Leroy Chiao,**
Capt. Winston E. Scott,* Dr. Daniel T. Berry,* and Japanese astronaut Koichi
Wakata, who operated robot arm
(*one spacewalk; **two spacewalks) |
8 days,
22 hr., 01 min. |
Deployed and retrieved NASA satellite, retrieved Japanese satellite. Two spacewalks performed to test spacesuit components and practice space station construction, tools, and techniques. Total EVA time: 13 hours. |
| Columbia (U.S.) | Feb. 22–March 9, 1996 | Lieut. Col. Andrew M. Allen, Lt. Col. Scott J. Horowitz, Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Dr. Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Italian astronauts Maurizio Cheli and Dr. Umberto Guidoni, Swiss astronaut Nicollier Claude | 15 days,
17 hr., 40 min. |
Microgravity research flight. Second attempt to deploy Italian-built electricity-conducting satellite failed when metallic debris punctured insulation and broke tether after it was unreeled to almost its full 12.5 mile length. |
| Atlantis (U.S.) | March 22–31, 1996 | Col. Kevin P. Chilton, Lieut. Col. Richard A. Searfoss, Dr. Ronald M. Sega, Dr. Linda M. Goodwin, Lieut. Col. Michael R. Clifford, Shannon W. Lucid | 9 days,
5 hr., 15 min. |
Third linkup with Mir. (March 22–27). Clifford and Goodwin conducted 6-hour spacewalk in shuttle cargo bay while docked with Mir. Lucid remained on board Mir for scheduled 140-day tour to conduct biomedical and material science experiments. Booster problems delayed her return until mid-September. Lucid is first American woman to live on Mir. On July 15, 1996, she broke the previous record for the longest U.S. manned space flight. |
| Endeavour (U.S.) | May 19–29, 1996 | Col. John H. Casper, Lieut. Col. Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Cdr. Daniel W. Bursch, Mario Runco, Jr., Dr. Andrew S.W. Thomas, Canadian astronaut Dr. Marc Garneau | 10 days,
0 hr., 40 min. |
Made record of four satellite rendezvous, including three with small PAMS satellite to test the concept of a self-stabilizing satellite in orbit. Deployed and retrieved a Spartan satellite that carried an experimental inflatable antenna. |
| Columbia (U.S.) | June 20–July 7, 1996 | Col. Terence T. Henricks, Kevin R. Kregel, Lieut. Col. Susan J. Helms, Richard M. Linnehan, Cdr. Charles E. Brady, Jr., Dr. Jean-Jacques Favier (France), Dr. Robert Brent Thirsk (Canada) | 16 days,
21 hr., 48 min. |
Second-longest mission to date. Studied the effects of weightlessness on people, plants, and animals, and material manufacturing in near-zero gravity. |
| Atlantis (U.S.) | Sept. 16–26, 1996 | William F. Readdy, Terrence W. Wilcutt, Thomas D. Akers, John E. Blaha, Jerome Apt, Carl E. Waltz. Download: Shannon W. Lucid | 10 days,
3hr., 19 min. |
Fourth Mir docking. Carried a Spacelab module. Transferred supplies and equipment to Mir. After breaking all American and women's space endurance records (188 days, 5 hr., 0 min), Lucid returned with Atlantis crew. John E. Blaha remained on Mir for a four-month stay. |
| Columbia (U.S.) | Nov. 19–Dec. 7, 1996 | Kenneth D. Cockrell, Cdr. Kent V. Romingel, Tamara E. Jernigan, Thomas D. Jones, Dr. F. Story Musgrave | 17 days,
15 hr., 53 min. |
Deployed and recovered two free-flying satellites during mission: an ultraviolet telescope and Wake Shield (semiconductor processing ) Facility. A jammed airlock hatch canceled two scheduled spacewalks. Is longest mission to date. Dr. Musgrave, 61, became first person to fly on all five space shuttles. |
| Atlantis (U.S.) | Jan. 12–22, 1997 | Capt. Michael A. Baker, Cdr. Brent W. Jett, Jr., John M. Grunsfeld, Marsha S. Ivins, Peter J.K. Wiscoff, Dr. Jerry L. Linenger. Download: John E. Blaha | 10 days,
04 hr., 6 min. |
Fifth Mir docking (Jan.14–19). Carried Spacehab double module. Transferred supplies to Mir. Conducted experiments in Spacehab and Mir. John E. Blaha returned with Atlantis crew after 128 days in space, 118 aboard Mir. Jerry Linenger remained aboard Mir for 4.5-month stay. |
| Discovery (U.S.) | Feb. 11–21, 1997 | Cdr. Kenneth Bowersox, Lt. Col. Scott J. Harowitz,
Col. Mark C. Lee,* Steven A. Hawley,
Gregory J. Harbaugh,* Steven L. Smith,* Joseph R. Tanner* (*spacewalks) |
9 days, 2
3 hr., 38 min. |
Second space telescope servicing mission. Installed new imaging spectrograph and infrared camera. Also patched torn telescope insulating cover. Deployed telescope at higher altitude: 335 x 321 nautical mile orbit. Mission required five spacewalks totaling 33 hr., 11 min. |
| Columbia (U.S.) | April 4–8, 1997 | Lt. Col. James D. Halsell, Jr., Lt. Cdr. Susan L. Still, Janice E.Voss, Michael L. Gernhardt, Donald A. Thomas, Roger K. Crouch, Gregory T. Linteris | 3 days,
23 hr., 13 min. |
Planned 12-day mission to study behavior of metals, materials, and fluids in the absence of gravity and microgravity effects on fires. Was cut short due to a fuel-cell generator problem. Susan Still became second female shuttle pilot. |
| Atlantis (U.S.) | May 15–24,1997 | Col. Charles J. Precourt, Lt. Col. Eileen M.
Collins, Edward T. Lu, Maj. Carlos I. Noriega, Jean-Francois Clervoy (France), Elena V. Kondakova (Russia), C. Michael Foale. Download: Dr. Jerry M. Linenger |
9 days,
5 hr., 20 min. |
Sixth Mir docking (May 16–21). Carried a Spacehab double module. Transferred supplies and equipment. Jerry M. Linenger returned with Atlantis after 132 days in space. Michael Foale remained on Mir for a 4.5-month stay. |
| Columbia (U.S.) | July 1–17, 1997 | Lt. Col. James D. Halsell, Jr., Lt. Cdr. Susan L. Still, Janice E.Voss, Donald A. Thomas, Michael L. Gernhard, Roger K. Crouch, Gregory T. Linteris | 15 days, 16 hr., 45 min. | Successful reflight of the uncompleted Microgravity Science Mission (Columbia, April 4–8, 1997). Is first time the same crew flies together again to complete a previous mission. |
| Discovery (U.S.) | Aug. 7–19, 1997 | Lt. Col. Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Cdr. Kent V. Rominger, N. Jan Davis, Lt. Cdr. Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., Stephen K. Robinson, Bjarni Tryggvason (Canada) | 11 days, 20 hr., 28 min. | Deployed Shuttle Pallet satellite with scientific instruments to study changes in Earth's atmosphere. Also conducted experiments with shuttle's robot arm for possible applications in Japanese experimental module of space station. |
| Atlantis (U.S.) | Sept. 25–Oct. 6, 1997 | James T. Wetherbee, Michael J. Boomfield, Col. Vladimir G Titov,* Scott E. Parazynski,* Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien (France), Wendy B. Lawrence. Up: Dr. David Wolf. Down: C. Michael Foale after 145 days in space, 134 days on Mir (*spacewalks) | 10 days, 19 hr., 22 min. | 7th Mir docking (Sept. 27–Oct. 3). 5 hr. spacewalks (Oct.1) retrieved U.S. experimental packages from Mir for return to Earth. Transferred supplies. Tested emergency jet packs for space station workers. Dr. David Wolf replaced Michael Foale on Mir for 4-month stay. |
| Columbia (U.S.) | Nov. 19–Dec. 5, 1997 | Kevin R. Kregel, Maj. Steven W. Lindsey, Takao Doi* (Japan), Winston E. Scott,* Kalpana Chawla, Col. Leonid K. Kadenyuk* (Ukraine) (*spacewalks) | 15 days,
6 hr., 35 min. |
Deployed (Nov. 21) and retrieved (Nov. 24 spacewalk)
malfunctioning Spartan solar-observation satellite. A second spacewalk
(Dec. 3) tested space station assembly tools and techniques. Total EVA
by Doi and Scott: 12 hr.,
44 min. |
| Endeavour (U.S.) | Jan. 22–31, 1998 | Lt. Col. Terrence W. Wilcutt, Joe F. Edwards, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Maj. Michael P. Anderson, James F. Reilly, II, Salizhan S. Sharipov (Kirghizia), Andrew S.W. Thomas. Down: Dr. David Wolf | 8 days, 19 hr., 48 min. | 8th Mir docking (Jan. 24–29). Thomas replaced David Wolf after 128 days in orbit. Thomas is the seventh and last American to live aboard Mir. |
| Columbia (U.S.) | April 17–May 3, 1998 | Lt. Col. Richard A. Searfoss, Lt. Cmdr. Scott D. Altman, Richard M. Linnehan, Dr. Dafydd Rhys Williams (Canada), Kathryn P. Hire, Dr. Jay C. Buckey Jr., James A. Pawelczyk | 15 days, 21 hr., 15 min. | Neurolab mission carried over 2,000 mice, rats, crickets, and fish for neurological research. Also studied effects of microgravity on nervous system of crew members. |
| Discovery (U.S.) | June 2–12, 1998 | Col. Charles J. Precourt, Cmdr. Dominic L. Gorie, Cmdr. Wendy B. Lawrence, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Janet Kavandi, Valeriy Ruymin (Russia) Down: Andrew S.W. Thomas | 9 days, 19 hr., 54 min. | Ninth and final Mir docking mission concluded the joint U.S.–Russian program as a precursor to the International Space Station partnership. Thomas returned to Earth after a 4.5-month stay. |
| Discovery (U.S.) | Oct. 29–Nov.7, 1998 | Lt. Col. Curtis L. Brown, Maj. Steven W. Lindsey, Stephen K. Robinson, Dr. Scott E. Parazynski, Pedro Duque (Spain), Dr. Chiaki Mukai (Japan), Senator John H. Glenn, Jr | 8 days, 21 hr., 56 min. | Deployed and retrieved Spartan solar observing satellite. Did research with Hubble Telescope Optical Systems Test Platform (HOST). Studied the effects of aging and microgravity in space. |
| Endeavour (U.S.) | Dec. 4–15, 1998 | Capt. Robert D. Cabana, Capt. Frederick W. Sturckow, Lt. Col. Nancy Currie, Col. Jerry L. Ross, Jim H. Newman, Sergei K. Krikalev (Russia) | 11 days, 19 hr., 18 min. | International Space Station assembly mission. Connected Node 1, “Unity,” to Functional Cargo Block, “Zarya.” Ross and Newman made three spacewalks, total EVA: 21 hr., 22 min. |
| Discovery (U.S.) | May 27–June 6, 1999 | Cmdr. Ken V. Rominger, Rick D. Husband, Ellen Ochoa, Tamara E. Jernigan, Daniel T. Barry, Julie Payette (Canada), Valery Tokarev (Russia) | 9 days, 19 hr., 13 min. | Docked 5 days, 18 hr. with uninhabited International Space Station. Readied it for arrival of first resident crew. Jernigan and Barry conducted space walks (7 hr., 55 min.) for assembly work. |
| Columbia (U.S.) | July 23–27, 1999 | Lt. Col. Eileen M. Collins, Capt. Jeffrey S. Ashby, Steven A. Hawley, Lt. Col. Catherine G. Coleman, Col. Michel Tognini (France) | 4 days, 22 hr., 50 min. | Deployed Chandra X-ray Observatory (formerly AXAF). Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle commander. |
| Endeavour (U.S.) | Tentatively no later than
Oct. 7, 1999 |
Kevin R. Kregel, Cmdr. Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie, Janet L. Kavandi, Janice Voss, Momoru Mohri (Japan), Gerhard P. J. Thiele (Germany) | Est.
11 days, 4 hr., 5 min. |
Shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM). Will map Earth's surface with three-dimensional imaging radar. |
| Discovery (U.S.) | Tentatively late Oct. or Nov. 1999. | Lt. Col. Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Lt. Cmdr. Scott J. Kelly, Steven L. Smith, C. Michael Foale, John M. Grunsfeld, Claude Nicollier (Switzerland), Jean-Francois Clervoy (France) | Est.
10 days, 21 hr., 38 min. |
Third Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. |
| Atlantis (U.S.) | Tentatively Dec. 2–13, 1999 | Col. James D. Halsell, Jr., Lt. Col. Scott J. Horowitz, Mary E. Webber, Edward Tsang Lu, Lt. Col Jeffrey N. Williams, Lt. Col. Yuri I. Malenchenko (Russia), Boris W. Morukov (Russia). | Est.
11 days |
Third International Space Station flight. Spacehab double module. |