Seznam pilotovaných vesmírných letů 1987–1999

3Podrobný seznam pilotovaných letů od roku 1987 do 1999, zahrnující ruskou vesmírnou stanici Mir a americké raketoplány Space Shuttle po havárii Chalengeru.

Pokračování seznamu pilotovaných vesmírných letů 1961–1986
Znak miseLoď, miseDatum startuPosádkaFoto posádkyCíl letuShrnutí mise
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-2
5. únor 1987Sovětský svazAlexandr Lavejkin
Sovětský svaz Jurij Romaněnko
Mir
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-3
22. červenec 1987Sovětský svaz Alexandr Viktorenko

Sovětský svaz Alexandr Pavlovič Alexandrov
SýrieMuhammed Ahmad Fáris

MirFaris: První kosmonaut ze Sýrie ve vesmíru.
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-4
21. prosinec 1987Sovětský svaz Anatolij Levčenko

Sovětský svaz Vladimir Titov
Sovětský svaz Musa Manarov

Mir
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-5
7. červen 1988Sovětský svaz Anatolij Solovjov
Sovětský svaz Viktor Savinych
Sovětský svaz Alexandr Panajotov Alexandrov
Mir
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-6
29. srpna 1988Sovětský svaz Vladimir Ljachov

Sovětský svaz Valerij Poljakov

Afghánistán Abdul Ahad Mohmand

MirMohmand: První kosmonaut z Afghánistánu ve vesmíru.
STS-26, Discovery29. září 1988USA Frederick H. HauckUSA Richard O. CoveyUSA John M. LoungeUSA George Nelson

USA David C. Hilmers

První let raketoplánu po havárii Challengeru.
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-7
26. listopad 1988Sovětský svaz Alexandr Volkov
Sovětský svaz Sergej Krikaljov

Francie Jean-Loup Chrétien

Mir
STS-27, Atlantis2. prosinec 1988USA Robert L. Gibson

USA Guy S. Gardner

USA Richard M. Mullane

USA Jerry L. Ross

USA William M. Shepherd

STS-29, Discovery13. březen 1989USA Michael L. Coats

USA John E. Blaha

USA James P. Bagian

USA James F. Buchli

USA Robert C. Springer

STS-30, Atlantis4. květen 1989USA David M. Walker

USA Ronald J. Grabe

USA Norman E. Thagard

USA Mary L. Cleaveová

USA Mark C. Lee

STS-28, Columbia8. srpen 1989USA Brewster H. Shaw, Jr.

USARichard N. Richards

USA James C. Adamson

USA David C. Leestma

USA Mark N. Brown

Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-8
5. září 1989Sovětský svaz Alexandr Viktorenko
Sovětský svaz Alexandr Serebrov
Mir
STS-34, Atlantis18. říjen 1989
STS-33, Discovery22. listopad 1989
STS-32, Columbia9. leden 1990
11. únor 1990
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-9
Sovětský svaz Anatolij Solovjov
Sovětský svaz Alexandr Balandin
Mir
28. únor 1990
STS-36, Atlantis
24. duben 1990
STS-31, Discovery
29. duben 1990
STS-31, Discovery
 Vynešení Hubblova vesmírného teleskopu
3. srpen 1990
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-10
Sovětský svaz Gennadij Strekalov
Sovětský svaz Gennadij Manakov
Mir
6. říjen 1990
STS-41, Discovery
15. listopad 1990
STS-38, Atlantis
2. prosinec 1990
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-11
Sovětský svaz Viktor Afanasjev
Sovětský svaz Musa Manarov

Japonsko Tojohiro Akijama

Mir
3. prosinec 1990
STS-35, Columbia
5. duben 1991
STS-37, Atlantis
28. duben 1991
STS-39, Discovery
18. květen 1991
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-12
Sovětský svaz Anatolij Arcebarskij

Sovětský svaz Sergej Krikaljov

Spojené královstvíHelen Sharmanová

MirSharmanová: První kosmonaut z Velké Británie ve vesmíru.
5. červen 1991
STS-40, Columbia
2. srpen 1991
STS-43, Atlantis
2. říjen 1991
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-13
Sovětský svaz Alexandr Volkov

Sovětský svaz Toktar Aubakirov

Rakousko Franz Viehböck

MirVieböck: První kosmonaut z Rakouska ve vesmíru.
12. září 1991
STS-48, Discovery
24. listopad 1991
STS-44, Atlantis
22. leden 1992
STS-42, Discovery
První kosmonautka z Kanady ve vesmíru.
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-14
17. březen 1992RuskoAlexandr Viktorenko
Rusko Alexandr Kaleri

Pouze start: NěmeckoKlaus-Dietrich Flade

Pouze přistání:

Francie Michel Tognini

MirPrvní ruský pilotovaný let
po rozpadu Sovětského svazu.
24. březen 1992
STS-45, Atlantis
2. duben 1992
STS-45, Atlantis
Frimout: První kosmonaut z Belgie ve vesmíru.
7. květen 1992
STS-49, Endeavour
25. červen 1992
STS-50, Columbia
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-15
27. červenec 1992Rusko Anatolij Solovjov

Rusko Sergej Avdějev

Pouze start:

Francie Michel Tognini

Mir
31. červenec 1992
STS-46, Atlantis
Nicollier: První kosmonaut z Švýcarska ve vesmíru.
Malerba: První kosmonaut z Itálie ve vesmíru.
12. září 1992
STS-47, Endeavour
První Afroameričanka ve vesmíru.
22. říjen 1992
STS-52, Columbia
2. prosinec 1992
STS-53, Discovery
13. leden 1993
STS-54, Endeavour
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-16
24. leden 1993Rusko Gennadij Manakov
Rusko Alexandr Poleščuk

Pouze přistání:

Francie Jean-Pierre Haigneré

Mir
8. duben 1993
STS-56, Discovery
26. duben 1993
STS-55, Columbia
21. červen 1993
STS-57, Endeavour
2. červenec 1993
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-17
Jean-Pierre HaigneréMir
Vasilij Ciblijev
Alexandr Serebrov
12. září 1993
STS-51, Discovery
18. říjen 1993
STS-58, Columbia
2. prosinec 1993
STS-61, Endeavour
8. leden 1994
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-18
Viktor Afanasjev
Jurij Usačov
Mir
Valerij Poljakov
3. únor 1994
STS-60, Discovery
Krikaľov: První Rus na palubě amerického raketoplánu.
4. březen 1994
STS-62, Columbia
9. duben 1994
STS-59, Endeavour
3. červenec 1994
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-19
Jurij Malenčenko
Talgat Musabajev
Mir
8. červenec 1994
STS-65, Columbia
První kosmonautka z Japonska ve vesmíru.
9. září 1994
STS-64, Discovery
30. září 1994
STS-68, Endeavour
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-20
3. říjen 1994Rusko Alexandr Viktorenko
Rusko Jelena Kondakovová

Pouze start:

Německo Ulf Merbold

Pouze přistání:

Rusko Valerij Poljakov

Mir
3. listopad 1994
STS-66, Atlantis
3. únor 1995
STS-63, Discovery
První pilotka raketoplánu.
Setkání se stanicí Mir
2. březen 1995
STS-67, Endeavour
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-21
14. březen 1995Pouze start:

Rusko Vladimir Děžurov
Rusko Gennadij Strekalov

USA Norman Thagard

Pouze přistání:

Rusko Anatolij Solovjov

Rusko Nikolaj Budarin

Mir
STS-71, Atlantis27. červen 1995USA Robert Gibson
USA Charles Precourt
USA Ellen Bakerová

USA Gregory Harbaugh
USA Bonnie Dunbarová

Pouze start:

Rusko Anatolij Solovjov

Rusko Nikolaj Budarin

Pouze přistání:

Rusko Vladimir Děžurov
Rusko Gennadij Strekalov

USA Norman Thagard

MirPrvní spojení Space Shuttle s Mirem
v rámci programu Shuttle-Mir
13. červenec 1995
STS-70, Discovery
Sojuz-U2
Sojuz TM-22
3. září 1995Rusko Jurij Gidzenko

Rusko Sergej Avdějev
Německo Thomas Reiter

Mir
7. září 1995
STS-69, Endeavour
20. říjen 1995
STS-73, Columbia
STS-74, Atlantis12. listopad 1995USA Kenneth Cameron
USA James Halsell
USA Jerry Ross
USA William McArthur
Kanada Christopher Hadfield
Mir
11. leden 1996
STS-72, Endeavour
21. únor 1996
Sojuz-U
Sojuz TM-23
Jurij Onufrijenko
Jurij Usačov
Mir
22. únor 1996
STS-75, Columbia
STS-76, Atlantis22. březen 1996USA Kevin Chilton
USA Richard Searfoss

USA Ronald Michael Sega

USA Michael Richard Clifford
USA Linda Godwinová
Pouze start:
USA Shannon Lucidová

Mir
19. květen 1996
STS-77, Endeavour
20. červen 1996
STS-78, Columbia
18. srpen 1996
Sojuz-U
Sojuz TM-24
Rusko Valerij Korzun
Rusko Alexandr Kaleri
Mir
Claudie HaigneréováPrvní kosmonautka ESA ve vesmíru.
16. září 1996
STS-79, Atlantis
William Readdy
Terrence Wilcutt
Thomas D. Akers
Jerome Apt
Carl Walz
Mir
John Blaha
19. listopad 1996
STS-80, Columbia
12. leden 1997
STS-81, Atlantis
Michael Baker
Brent Jett
John Grunsfeld
Marsha Ivinsová
Peter Wisoff
Mir
Jerry Linenger
10. únor 1997
Sojuz-U
Sojuz TM-25
Vasilij Ciblijev
Alexandr Lazutkin
Mir
Reinhold Ewald
11. únor 1997
STS-82, Discovery
Servisní mise k Hubbleovu vesmírnému teleskopu
4. duben 1997
STS-83, Columbia
STS-84, Atlantis15. květen 1997USA Charles Precourt
USA Eileen Collinsová
Francie Jean-François Clervoy
USA Carlos Noriega
USA Edward Lu
Rusko Jelena Kondakovová

Pouze start:

USA C. Michael Foale

Pouze přistání:

USA Jerry M. Linenger

Mir
Michael Foale
1. červenec 1997
STS-94, Columbia
Sojuz-U
Sojuz TM-26
5. srpen 1997Rusko Anatolij Solovjov
Rusko Pavel Vinogradov

Pouze přistání:

Francie Léopold Eyharts

Mir
7. srpen 1997
STS-85, Discovery
STS-86, Atlantis26. září 1997USA James Wetherbee
USA Michael Bloomfield
Rusko Vladimir Titov
USA Scott Parazynski
Francie Jean-Loup Chrétien
USA Wendy Lawrenceová

Pouze start:

USA David A. Wolf

Pouze přistání:

USA C. Michael Foale

Mir
19. listopad 1997
STS-87, Columbia
První výstup do vesmíru japonským kosmonautem.
Kadeňuk: První Ukrajinec ve vesmíru.
STS-89, Endeavour23. leden 1998USA Terrence Wilcutt
USA Joe Edwards
USA James Francis Reilly
USA Michael Anderson

USA Bonnie Dunbarová
Rusko Saližan Šaripov

Pouze start:

USA Andrew Thomas

Pouze přistání:

USA David A. Wolf

Mir
Sojuz-U
Sojuz TM-27
29. leden 1998Rusko Talgat Musabajev
Rusko Nikolaj Budarin

Pouze start:

Francie Léopold Eyharts

Pouze přistání:

Rusko Jurij Baturin

Mir
STS-90, Columbia17. duben 1998USA Richard Searfoss

USA Scott Altman

USA Richard Linnehan

Kanada Dafydd Williams

USA Kathryn Patricia Hireová

USA Jay C. Buckey

USA James Anthony Pawelczyk

Poslední let s laboratoří ESA Spacelab.
STS-91, Discovery2. červen 1998USA Charles Precourt
USA Dominic Gorie
USA Wendy Lawrenceová
USA Franklin Chang-Diaz
USA Janet Kavandiová
Rusko Valerij Rjumin
MirPoslední let programu Shuttle-Mir.
Sojuz-U
Sojuz TM-28
13. srpen 1998Rusko Gennadij Padalka

Pouze start:

Rusko Sergej Avdějev

Rusko Jurij Baturin

Pouze přistání:

Slovensko Ivan Bella

Mir
STS-95, Discovery29. říjen 1998USA Curtis L. Brown

USA Steven W. Lindsey

USA Stephen K. Robinson

USA Scott E. Parazynski

Španělsko Pedro Duque

Japonsko Čiaki Mukaiová

USA John Glenn

Duque: První Španěl ve vesmíru.
Návrat Glenna k letům do vesmíru.
STS-88, Endeavour4. prosinec 1998USA Robert Cabana
USA Frederick Sturckow
USA Nancy Currieová
USA Jerry Ross
USA James Newman
Rusko Sergej Krikaljov
ISSPrvní let k ISS.
Sojuz-U
Sojuz TM-29
20. únor 1999Rusko Viktor Afanasjev

Francie Jean-Pierre Haigneré

Pouze start:

Slovensko Ivan Bella

Pouze přistání:

Rusko Sergej Avdějev

MirBella: První Slovák ve vesmíru.
STS-96, Discovery27. květen 1999USA Kent Rominger
USA Rick Husband

USA Tamara Jerniganová
USA Ellen Ochoaová
USA Daniel Barry
Kanada Julie Payetteová
Rusko Valerij Tokarev

ISS
STS-93, Columbia23. červenec 1999USA Eileen M. Collinsová

USA Jeffrey S. Ashby

USA Steven A. Hawley

USA Catherine G. Colemanová

Francie Michel Tognini

První žena velitelkou letu.
STS-103,Discovery20. prosinec 1999USA Curtis L. Brown

USA Scott J. Kelly

USA Steven L. Smith

Francie Jean-François Clervoy

USA John M. Grunsfeld

USA C. Michael Foale

ŠvýcarskoClaude Nicollier

HSTServisní mise k Hubbleovu vesmírnému teleskopu.
Pokračování na seznamu pilotovaných vesmírných letů 2000–2009

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Flag of Canada introduced in 1965, using Pantone colors. This design replaced the Canadian Red Ensign design.
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STS-90 insignia
  • The STS-90 crew patch reflects the dedication of the mission to neuroscience in celebration of the decade of the brain. Earth is revealed through a neuron-shaped window, which symbolizes new perspectives in the understanding of nervous system development, structure and function, both here on Earth and in the microgravity environment of space.
  • The Space Shuttle Columbia is depicted with its open payload bay doors revealing the Spacelab within. An integral component of the mission, the laboratory/science module provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), signifies the strong international involvement in the mission. The seven crew members and two alternate payload specialists, Chiaki Naito-Mukai and Alexander W. Dunlap, are represented by the nine major stars of the constellation Cetus (the whale) in recognition of the International Year of the Ocean.
  • The distant stars illustrate the far reaching implications of the mission science to the many sponsoring agencies, helping prepare for long-duration space flight aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
  • The moon and Mars are depicted to reflect the crew's recognition that those two celestial bodies will be the next great challenges in human exploration of space and represent the key role that life science research will play in supporting such missions.
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Five astronauts and two payload specialists take a break in training for the Neurolab mission to pause for a crew portrait. The Spacelab mission was conducted aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-90 which launched on April 17, 1998. Astronauts Richard A. Searfoss, commander (right front); and Scott D. Altman, pilot (left front). Other crew members (back row, left to right) are James A. (Jim) Pawelczyk, Ph.D., payload specialist; and astronauts Richard M. Linnehan, Kathryn P. Hire, and Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams, all mission specialists; along with payload specialist Jay C. Buckey, Jr., MD. Linnehan and Williams, alumnus of the 1995 class of astronaut candidates (ASCAN), represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
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STS-28 mission patch
  • The STS-28 insignia was designed by the astronaut crew, who said it portrays the pride the American people have in their manned spaceflight program. It depicts America (the eagle) guiding the space program (the Space Shuttle) safely home from an orbital mission. The view looks south on Baja California and the west coast of the United States as the space travelers re-enter the atmosphere. The hypersonic contrails created by the eagle and Shuttle represent the American flag. The crew called the simple boldness of the design symbolic of America's unfaltering commitment to leadership in the exploration and development of space.
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STS-29 Mission Insignia
The STS-29 patch was designed to capture and represent the energy and dynamic nature of this nation's space program as America continues to look to the future. The folded ribbon border, the first of its kind in the Shuttle patch series, gives a sense of three dimensional depth to the emblem. The stylistic orbital maneuvering system (ONS) burn symbolizes the powerful forward momentum of the Shuttle and a continuing determination to explore the frontiers of space. The colors of the U.S. flag are represented in the patch's basic red, white, and blue background. In the border, the seven stars between the STS-29 crew names are a tribute to the crew of Challenger.
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STS-27 Mission Insignia

The patch depicts the Space Shuttle lifting off against the multi-colored backdrop of a rainbow, symbolizing the triumphal return to flight of our nation's manned space program. The design also commemorates the memory of the crew of Challenger mission STS-51-L, represented by the seven stars. The names of the flight crewmembers of STS-27 are located along the border of the patch.
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The STS-95 patch, designed by the crew, is intended to reflect the scientific, engineering, and historic elements of the mission. The Space Shuttle Discovery is shown rising over the sunlit Earth limb, representing the global benefits of the mission science and the solar science objectives of the Spartan Satellite. The bold number '7' signifies the seven members of Discovery's crew and also represents a historical link to the original seven Mercury astronauts. The STS-95 crew member John Glenn's first orbital flight is represnted by the Friendship 7 capsule. The rocket plumes symbolize the three major fields of science represented by the mission payloads: microgravity material science, medical research for humans on Earth and in space, and astronomy.
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Designed by the crew members, this patch commemorates the first assembly flight to carry United States-built hardware for constructing the International Space Station (ISS). This flight's primary task is to assemble the cornerstone of the Space Station: the Node with the Functional Cargo Block (fgb). The rising sun symbolizes the dawning of a new era of international cooperation in space and the beginning of a new program: the International Space Station. The Earth scene outlines the countries of the Station Partners: the United States, Russia, those of the European Space Agency (ESA), Japan, and Canada. Along with the Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMA) and the Functional Cargo Block, the Node is shown in the final mated configuration while berthed to the Space Shuttle during the STS-88/2A mission. The Big Dipper Constellation points the way to the North Star, a guiding light for pioneers and explorers for generations. In the words of the crew, "These stars symbolize the efforts of everyone, including all the countries involved in the design and construction of the International Space Station, guiding us into the future."
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The official crew patch for the Russian Soyuz TM-20 mission, which delivered the EO-17 crew to the space station Mir.
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* In the STS-89 crew insignia, the link between the United States and Russia is symbolically represented by the Space Shuttle Endeavour and Russia's Mir Space Station orbiting above the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska. The success of the joint United States-Russian missions is depicted by the Space Shuttle and Mir colored by the rising sun in the background.
  • A shadowed representation of the International Space Station (ISS) rising with the sun represents the future program for which the Shuttle-Mir missions are prototypes. The inside rim of the insignia describes the outline of the number eight representing STS-89 as the eighth Shuttle/Mir docking mission.
  • The nine stars represent the nine joint missions to be flown of the program and when combined with the number eight in the rim, reflect the mission number. The nine stars also symbolize the children of the crew members who will be the future beneficiaries of the joint development work of the space programs of the two countries.
  • Along the rim are the crew members' names with David A. Wolf's name on the left and Andrew S. W. Thomas' name on the right, the returning and upgoing cosmonaut guest researcher crew members. In between and at the bottom is the name of Salizan S. Sharipov, payload specialist representing Russian Space Agency (RSA), in Cyrillic alphabet.
  • The other crew members are Terrence W. Wilcutt, commander; Joe F. Edwards, Jr., pilot; and mission specialists Michael P. Anderson, Bonnie J. Dunbar, and James F. Reilly. The red, white and blue of the rim reflect the colors of the American and Russian flags which are also represented in the rim on either side of the joined spacecraft.
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Five astronauts based at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) and two payload specialists take a break from their training schedule to pose for the STS-95 pre-flight portrait. Seated are astronauts Curtis L. Brown Jr. (right), mission commander; and Steven W. Lindsey, pilot. Standing, from the left, are Scott F. Parazynski and Stephen K. Robinson, both mission specialists; Chiaki Mukai, payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); Pedro Duque, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA); and U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist. The seven are scheduled to be launched into Earth orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in late October of this year.
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The crew assigned to the STS-71 mission included (front left to right) Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mir 18 crew download; Robert L. Gibson, commander; and Anatoly Y. Solovyev, Mir 19 crew upload. On the back row, left to right, are Norman E. Thagard, Mir 18 crew download; Gennadiy Strekalov, Mir 18 crew download; Gregory J. Harbaugh, mission specialist; Ellen S. Baker, mission specialist; Charles J. Precourt, pilot; Bonnie J. Dunbar, mission specialist; and Nikolai Budarin, Mir 19 crew upload. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on June 27, 1995 at 3:32:19.044 pm (EDT), the STS-71 mission marked many firsts in human space flight history. It was the first U.S. Space Shuttle-Russian Space Station Mir docking and joint on-orbit operations, and the first on-orbit change out of a shuttle crew. In addition, it was the largest spacecraft ever in orbit and was the 100th U.S. human space launch conducted from the Cape.
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Six NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut take a break from training to pose for the STS-96 crew portrait. Astronaut Kent V. Rominger, mission commander, is at left on the front row. Astronaut Rick D. Husband, right, is pilot. The mission specialists are Ellen Ochoa (front center) and, from the left on the back row, Daniel T. Barry, Julie Payette, Valeriy I. Tokarev and Tamara Jernigan. Payette represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Tokarev is with the Russian Space Agency (RSA). The crew will perform the first station docking and will become the first visitors to the new International Space Station since its launch and start of orbital assembly last year. Discovery's launch date is now scheduled for May 20.
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The five astronauts assigned to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia early next year for the STS-93 mission pose with a small model of their primary payload-the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF). Collins, mission commander; Steven A. Hawley, mission specialist; Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot; Michel Tognini and Catherine G. Coleman, both mission specialists. Tognini represents France's Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES). The scheduled five-day mission will feature the deployment of AXAF, which will enable scientists to conduct comprehensive studies of exotic phenomena in the universe. Among bodies studied will be exploding stars, quasars and black holes.
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The STS-86 flight was the seventh shuttle-Mir docking mission, symbolized by seven stars. The international crew includes astronauts from the United States, Russia, and France. The flags of these nations are incorporated in the rays of the astronaut logo. The rays of light streaking across the sky depict the orbital tracks of the two spacecraft as they prepare to dock. During the flight, an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will perform an extravehicular activity (EVA). The mercator projection of Earth illustrates the global cooperative nature of the flight.
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STS-91 CREW INSIGNIA (March 1998) --- This is the crew patch for the STS-91 mission -- the ninth flight of the Shuttle-Mir Phase One docking missions. The crew will bring back Andrew S. W. Thomas, the last long-duration American crew member flown on the Russian Space Station Mir. This mission marks the end of the Shuttle-Mir Phase One Program and will open the way for Phase Two: construction of the International Space Station (ISS). The crew patch depicts the rendezvous of the Space Shuttle Discovery with the Space Station Mir. The flags of the United States and Russia are displayed at the top of the patch and both countries are visible on the Earth behind the two spacecraft. The names of the American crew members surround the insignia on the outer areas, with the name of cosmonaut Valery Ryumin in Cyrillic at the lower right. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is an international payload planned to fly in the payload bay of Discovery. Two thin golden streams flowing into the AMS represent charged elementary particles. The detection of antimatter in space will help scientists better understand the physics and origins of the universe.
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STS089-S-002 (Oct. 1997) --- These seven astronauts and one cosmonaut represent the flight crew for the STS-89 mission to Russia?s Mir Space Station. On the front row, from the left, are astronauts Joe F. Edwards, Jr., pilot; Terrence W. Wilcutt, commander; and Bonnie J. Dunbar, mission specialist. On the back row are David A. Wolf, currently onboard the Mir Space Station as a cosmonaut guest researcher; Salizan S. Sharipov, mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA); James F. Reilly, mission specialist; Andrew S. W. Thomas, replacing Wolf aboard Mir as cosmonaut guest researcher; and Michael P. Anderson, mission specialist.
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The official crew patch for the Russian Soyuz TM-28 mission, which delivered the EO-26 crew to the space station Mir.
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Designed by the crew members, this is the mission insignia for the STS-96 space flight, the second Space Shuttle mission dedicated to the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). The crew patch highlights the major themes of the Station Program: Earth-directed research, the advancement of human space exploration, and international cooperation. The Space Shuttle Discovery is depicted shortly after reaching orbit as the crew prepares to carry out the first docking with the new Station. At this early stage in its construction, ISS consists of two modules: Zarya and Unity, shown orbiting Earth. The triangular shape of the patch represents building on the knowledge and experience of earlier missions, while the three vertical bars of the astronaut emblem point toward future human endeavors in space. The five-pointed star that tops the astronaut emblem in this depiction is symbolic of the five space agencies participating in the development of ISS: NASA, the Russian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, the National Space Development Agency of Japan, and the Canadian Space Agency. The blend of red, white, and blue is a tribute to the nationalities of the crew members who are from the United States, Canada, and Russia.
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STS-71 Mission Insignia
The STS-71 crew patch design depicts the orbiter Atlantis in the process of the first international docking mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis with the Russian Space Station Mir. The names of the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts who flew aboard the orbiter are shown along the outer border of the patch. The rising sun symbolizes the dawn of a new era of cooperation between the two countries. The vehicles Atlantis and Mir are shown in separate circles converging at the center of the emblem symbolizing the merger of the space programs of the two space faring nations. The flags of the United States and Russia emphasize the equal partnership of the mission. The joint program symbol at the lower center of the patch acknowledges the extensive contributions made by the Mission Control Centers (MCC) of both countries. The crew insignia was designed by aviation and space artist, Bob McCall, who also designed the crew patch for the Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) in 1975, the first international space docking mission.
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STS-86 crew
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The STS-30 patch depicts the joining of NASA's manned and unmanned space programs. The sun and inner planets of our solar system are shown with the curve connecting Earth and Venus symbolizing the shuttle orbit, the spacecraft trajectory toward Venus, and its subsequent orbit around our sister planet. A Spanish caravel similar to the ship on the official Magellan program logo commemorates the 16th century explorer's journey and his legacy of adventure and discovery. Seven stars on the patch honor the crew of Challenger. The five-star cluster in the shape of the constellation Cassiopeia represent the five STS-30 crewmembers - Astronauts David Walker, Ronald Grabe, Norman Thagard, Mary Cleave and Mark Lee - who collectively designed the patch.
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The official crew patch for the Russian Soyuz TM-21 mission, which delivered the EO-18 crew to the space station Mir.
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STS088(S)002 (November 1998):

Five NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut assigned to the STS-88 mission, scheduled for an early December launch, take time out from their busy training agenda for a crew portrait. Seated in front are Sergei K. Krikalev, a mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), and astronaut Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist. In the rear, from the left, are astronauts Jerry L. Ross, mission specialist; Robert D. Cabana, mission commander; Frederick W. Sturckow, pilot; and James H. Newman, mission specialist.
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STS-91 CREW PORTRAIT (January 1998) --- The final crew members scheduled to visit Russia's Mir Space Station pose for a crew portrait during training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Pictured with their helmets in front are astronauts Dominic C. Gorie (left) and Charles J. Precourt. Others, from the left, are Wendy B. Lawrence, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Janet L. Kavandi, Valeriy V. Ryumin and Andrew S. W. Thomas. Precourt is mission commander, and Gorie, pilot, for Discovery's summer 1998 mission to Mir. Thomas, who will have been serving as a guest researcher on Mir since late January, will return to Earth with the crew members. Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi and Ryumin are all mission specialists. Ryumin represents the Russian Space Agency (RSA). Discovery will carry the single module version of Spacehab for the scheduled nine-day mission.
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Designed by the crewmembers, the STS-103 emblem depicts the Space Shuttle Discovery approaching the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) prior to its capture and berthing. The purpose of the mission is to remove and replace some of the Telescope's older and out-of-date systems with newer, more reliable and more capable ones, and to make repairs to HST's exterior thermal insulation that has been damaged by more than nine years of exposure to the space environment. The horizontal and vertical lines centered on the Telescope symbolize the ability to reach and maintain a desired attitude in space, essential to the instrument's scientific operation. The preservation of this ability is one of the primary objectives of the mission. After the flight, the Telescope will resume its successful exploration of deep space and will continue to be used to study solar system objects, stars in the making, late phases of stellar evolution, galaxies and the early history of the universe. HST, as represented on this emblem was inspired by views from previous servicing missions, with its solar arrays illuminated by the Sun, providing a striking contrast with the blackness of space and the night side of Earth.
  • The NASA insignia design for Shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which is not anticipated, it will be publicly announced.
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The predominant themes are: a new beginning (sunrise), a safe mission (stylized launch and plume), the building upon the traditional strengths of NASA (the red vector which symbolizes aeronautics on the original NASA insignia), and a remembrance of their seven colleagues who died aboard Challenger (the seven-starred Big Dipper). The patch was designed by artist Stephen R. Hustvedt of Annapolis, MD.
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The official crew patch for the Russian Soyuz TM-29 mission, which delivered the EO-27 crew to the space station Mir.
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The official crew patch for the Soviet Soyuz TM-3 mission, which delivered the EO-2 crew to the space station Mir.
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Emblem of Nasa's STS-93 mission.
  • The STS-93 mission patch, as designed by the five crew members. The STS-93 mission carried the Chandra X-Ray Observatory into low Earth orbit initiating its planned five-year astronomy mission. Chandra is the third of NASA’s great observatories, following the Hubble Space Telescope and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Chandra provides scientists an order-of-magnitude improvement over current capabilities at X-Ray wavelengths. Observations of X-Ray emissions from energetic galaxies and clusters, as well as black holes, promise to greatly expand current understanding of the origin and evolution of our universe. The STS-93 patch depicts Chandra separating from the Space Shuttle Columbia after a successful deployment. A spiral galaxy is shown in the background as a possible target for Chandra observations. The two flags represent the international crew, consisting of astronauts from both the United States and France.
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The official crew patch for the Russian Soyuz TM-22 mission, which delivered the EO-20 crew to the space station Mir.
The patch was redrawn by Jorge Cartes (JCR).
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These seven astronauts have been assigned as crew members for NASA's third servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). They are, from the left, astronauts C. Michael Foale, Claude Nicollier, Scott J. Kelly, Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Jean-Francois Clervoy, John M. Grunsfeld and Steven L. Smith. Brown and Kelly are commander and pilot, respectively. All the others are mission specialists (MS), with international MS Nicollier and Clervoy representing the European Space Agency (ESA).
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The official crew patch for the Russian Soyuz TM-27 mission, which delivered the EO-25 and Pegasé crews to the space station Mir.