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Crewed spaceflights during the 1990s are listed chronologically in the table.
mission | country | crew | dates | notes | |
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STS-32 (Columbia) | U.S. | Daniel Brandenstein | Jan. 9–20, 1990 | brought back Long Duration Exposure Facility launched in 1984 | |
James Wetherbee | |||||
Bonnie Dunbar | |||||
Marsha Ivins | |||||
David Low | |||||
Soyuz TM-9/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Anatoly Solovyov | Feb. 11–Aug. 9, 1990 | addition of Kristall module to Mir | |
Aleksandr Balandin | |||||
STS-36 (Atlantis) | U.S. | John Creighton | Feb. 28–March 4, 1990 | launched classified satellite for U.S. Department of Defense that broke up and reentered atmosphere | |
John Casper | |||||
Mike Mullane | |||||
David Hilmers | |||||
Pierre Thuot | |||||
STS-31 (Discovery) | U.S. | Loren Shriver | April 24–29, 1990 | deployed Hubble Space Telescope | |
Charles Bolden | |||||
Steven Hawley | |||||
Kathryn Sullivan | |||||
Bruce McCandless | |||||
Soyuz TM-10/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Gennady Manakov | Aug. 1–Dec. 10, 1990 | crew performed space walk to fix damaged hatch on Kvant 2 | |
Gennady Strekalov | |||||
STS-41 (Discovery) | U.S. | Richard Richards | Oct. 6–10, 1990 | launched Ulysses | |
Robert Cabana | |||||
Bruce Melnick | |||||
William Shepherd | |||||
Thomas Akers | |||||
STS-38 (Atlantis) | U.S. | Richard Covey | Nov. 15–20, 1990 | launched classified satellite for U.S. Department of Defense | |
Frank Culbertson | |||||
Carl Meade | |||||
Robert Springer | |||||
Charles Gemar | |||||
STS-35 (Columbia) | U.S. | Vance Brand | Dec. 2–10, 1990 | carried Astro-1 instrument containing four separate telescopes | |
Guy Gardner | |||||
Jeffrey Hoffman | |||||
John Lounge | |||||
Robert Parker | |||||
Ronald Parise | |||||
Samuel Durrance | |||||
Soyuz TM-11/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Viktor Afanasiyev | Dec. 2, 1990–May 26, 1991 (Dec. 10, 1990 [Akiyama]) | first Japanese citizen in space (Akiyama) | |
Musa Manarov | |||||
Akiyama Toyohiro | |||||
STS-37 (Atlantis) | U.S. | Steven Nagel | April 5–11, 1991 | deployed Compton Gamma Ray Observatory | |
Kenneth Cameron | |||||
Linda Godwin | |||||
Jerry Ross | |||||
Jerome Apt | |||||
STS-39 (Discovery) | U.S. | Michael Coats | April 28–May 6, 1991 | launched and recovered SPAS-2 satellite for observations of shuttle exterior | |
Lloyd Hammond | |||||
Gregory Harbaugh | |||||
Donald McMonagle | |||||
Guion Bluford | |||||
Charles Veach | |||||
Richard Hieb | |||||
Soyuz TM-12/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Anatoly Artsebarsky | May 18–Oct. 10, 1991 (March 25, 1992 [Krikalyov]; May 26, 1991 [Sharman]) | first British astronaut (Sharman) | |
Sergey Krikalyov | |||||
Helen Sharman | |||||
STS-40 (Columbia) | U.S. | Bryan O'Connor | June 5–14, 1991 | conducted life science experiments on humans, rats, and jellyfish | |
Sidney Gutierrez | |||||
James Bagian | |||||
Tamara Jernigan | |||||
Rhea Seddon | |||||
Francis Gaffney | |||||
Millie Hughes-Fulford | |||||
STS-43 (Atlantis) | U.S. | John Blaha | Aug. 2–11, 1991 | launched Tracking and Data Relay Satellite | |
Michael Baker | |||||
Shannon Lucid | |||||
George Low | |||||
James Adamson | |||||
STS-48 (Discovery) | U.S. | John Creighton | Sept. 12–18, 1991 | launched Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite | |
Kenneth Reightler | |||||
Charles Gemar | |||||
James Buchli | |||||
Mark Brown | |||||
Soyuz TM-13/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Aleksandr Volkov | Oct. 2, 1991–March 25, 1992 (Oct. 10, 1991 [Aubakirov, Viehböck]) | first Austrian astronaut (Viehböck) | |
Toktar Aubakirov | |||||
Franz Viehböck | |||||
STS-44 (Atlantis) | U.S. | Frederick Gregory | Nov. 24–Dec. 1, 1991 | launched spy satellite | |
Terence Henricks | |||||
James Voss | |||||
Story Musgrave | |||||
Mario Runco | |||||
Thomas Hennen | |||||
STS-42 (Discovery) | U.S. | Ronald Grabe | Jan. 22–30, 1992 | first Canadian woman in space (Bondar) | |
Stephen Oswald | |||||
Norman Thagard | |||||
William Readdy | |||||
David Hilmers | |||||
Roberta Bondar | |||||
Ulf Merbold | |||||
Soyuz TM-14/Mir | Russia | Aleksandr Viktorenko | March 17–Aug. 10, 1992 (March 25 [Flade]) | first Russian spaceflight after breakup of the U.S.S.R. | |
Aleksandr Kalery | |||||
Klaus-Dietrich Flade | |||||
STS-45 (Atlantis) | U.S. | Charles Bolden | March 24–April 2, 1992 | first Belgian astronaut (Frimout) | |
Brian Duffy | |||||
Kathryn Sullivan | |||||
David Leetsma | |||||
Michael Foale | |||||
Dirk Frimout | |||||
Byron Lichtenberg | |||||
STS-49 (Endeavour) | U.S. | Daniel Brandenstein | May 7–16, 1992 | rescued Intelsat 6 satellite; first time three astronauts walked in space simultaneously (Akers, Thuot, and Hieb) | |
Kevin Chilton | |||||
Richard Hieb | |||||
Bruce Melnick | |||||
Pierre Thuot | |||||
Kathryn Thornton | |||||
Thomas Akers | |||||
STS-50 (Columbia) | U.S. | Richard Richards | June 25–July 9, 1992 | carried U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-1 | |
Kenneth Bowersox | |||||
Bonnie Dunbar | |||||
Ellen Baker | |||||
Carl Meade | |||||
Lawrence DeLucas | |||||
Eugene Trinh | |||||
Soyuz TM-15/Mir | Russia | Anatoly Solovyov | July 27, 1992–Feb. 1, 1993 (Aug. 10, 1992 [Tognini]) | crew performed space walks to extend lifetime of Mir | |
Sergey Avdeyev | |||||
Michel Tognini | |||||
STS-46 (Atlantis) | U.S. | Loren Shriver | July 31–Aug. 8, 1992 | first Swiss astronaut (Nicollier); first Italian astronaut (Malerba) | |
Andrew Allen | |||||
Claude Nicollier | |||||
Marsha Ivins | |||||
Jeffrey Hoffman | |||||
Franklin Chang-Díaz | |||||
Franco Malerba | |||||
STS-47 (Endeavour) | U.S. | Robert Gibson | Sept. 12–20, 1992 | first African American woman in space (Jemison); first Japanese astronaut in space (Mohri) | |
Curtis Brown | |||||
Mark Lee | |||||
N. Jan Davis | |||||
Jay Apt | |||||
Mae Jemison | |||||
Mohri Mamoru | |||||
STS-52 (Columbia) | U.S. | James Wetherbee | Oct. 22–Nov. 1, 1992 | launched second Laser Geodynamics Satellite (LAGEOS II) | |
Michael Baker | |||||
Charles Veach | |||||
William Shepherd | |||||
Tamara Jernigan | |||||
Steven MacLean | |||||
STS-53 (Discovery) | U.S. | David Walker | Dec. 2–9, 1992 | deployed large spy satellite | |
Robert Cabana | |||||
Guion Bluford | |||||
Michael Clifford | |||||
James Voss | |||||
STS-54 (Endeavour) | U.S. | John Casper | Jan. 13–19, 1993 | deployed the sixth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS 6) | |
Donald McMonagle | |||||
Mario Runco | |||||
Gregory Harbaugh | |||||
Susan Helms | |||||
Soyuz TM-16/Mir | Russia | Gennady Manakov | Jan. 24–July 22, 1993 | placed docking target on Mir for use by space shuttle Atlantis | |
Aleksandr Poleshchuk | |||||
STS-56 (Discovery) | U.S. | Kenneth Cameron | April 8–17, 1993 | carried the second Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-2) to monitor yearly changes in Earth's middle atmosphere; first Hispanic American woman in space (Ochoa) | |
Stephen Oswald | |||||
Michael Foale | |||||
Kenneth Cockerell | |||||
Ellen Ochoa | |||||
STS-55 (Columbia) | U.S. | Steven Nagel | April 26–May 6, 1993 | carried Spacelab D-2 | |
Terence Henricks | |||||
Jerry Ross | |||||
Charles Precourt | |||||
Bernard Harris | |||||
Ulrich Walter | |||||
Hans Schlegel | |||||
STS-57 (Endeavour) | U.S. | Ronald Grabe | June 21–July 1, 1993 | carried Spacehab laboratory | |
Brian Duffy | |||||
George Low | |||||
Nancy Sherlock | |||||
Peter Wisoff | |||||
Janice Voss | |||||
Soyuz TM-17/Mir | Russia | Vasily Tsibliyev | July 1, 1993–Jan. 14, 1994 (July 22, 1993 [Haigneré]) | slight collision with Mir | |
Aleksandr Serebrov | |||||
Jean-Pierre Haigneré | |||||
STS-51 (Discovery) | U.S. | Frank Culbertson | Sept. 12–22, 1993 | deployed two satellites | |
William Readdy | |||||
James Newman | |||||
Daniel Bursch | |||||
Carl Walz | |||||
STS-58 (Columbia) | U.S. | John Blaha | Oct. 18–Nov. 1, 1993 | crew performed life science experiments; first veterinarian in space (Fettman) | |
Richard Searfoss | |||||
Rhea Seddon | |||||
William McArthur | |||||
David Wolf | |||||
Shannon Lucid | |||||
Martin Fettman | |||||
STS-61 (Endeavour) | U.S. | Richard Covey | Dec. 2–13, 1993 | repaired Hubble Space Telescope | |
Kenneth Bowersox | |||||
Kathryn Thornton | |||||
Claude Nicollier | |||||
Jeffrey Hoffman | |||||
Story Musgrave | |||||
Thomas Akers | |||||
Soyuz TM-18/Mir | Russia | Viktor Afanasiyev | Jan. 8–July 9, 1994 (March 22, 1995 [Polyakov]) | new space endurance record (Polyakov; 437 days 18 hours) | |
Yury Usachyov | |||||
Valery Polyakov | |||||
STS-60 (Discovery) | U.S. | Charles Bolden | Feb. 3–11, 1994 | carried Wake Shield Facility and Spacehab-2; first Russian on U.S. spacecraft (Krikalyov) | |
Kenneth Reightler | |||||
N. Jan Davis | |||||
Ronald Sega | |||||
Franklin Chang-Díaz | |||||
Sergey Krikalyov | |||||
STS-62 (Columbia) | U.S. | John Casper | March 4–18, 1994 | crew performed material science experiments | |
Andrew Allen | |||||
Pierre Thuot | |||||
Charles Gernar | |||||
Marsha Ivins | |||||
STS-59 (Endeavour) | U.S. | Sidney Gutierrez | April 9–20, 1994 | carried Space Radar Laboratory, a special mapping radar | |
Kevin Chilton | |||||
Jerome Apt | |||||
Michael Clifford | |||||
Linda Godwin | |||||
Thomas Jones | |||||
Soyuz TM-19/Mir | Russia | Yury Malenchenko | July 1–Nov. 4, 1994 | Malenchenko performed first manual docking of Progress resupply ship | |
Talgat Musabayev | |||||
STS-65 (Columbia) | U.S. | Robert Cabana | July 8–23, 1994 | first Japanese woman in space (Mukai) | |
James Halsell | |||||
Richard Hieb | |||||
Carl Walz | |||||
Leroy Chiao | |||||
Thomas Akers | |||||
Mukai Chiaki | |||||
STS-64 (Discovery) | U.S. | Richard Richards | Sept. 9–20, 1994 | probed Earth's atmosphere with a laser | |
Lloyd Hammond | |||||
Jerry Linenger | |||||
Susan Helms | |||||
Carl Meade | |||||
Mark Lee | |||||
STS-68 (Endeavour) | U.S. | Michael Baker | Sept. 30–Oct. 11, 1994 | second mission of Space Radar Laboratory | |
Terrence Wilcutt | |||||
Steven Smith | |||||
Daniel Bursch | |||||
Peter Wisoff | |||||
Thomas Jones | |||||
Soyuz TM-20/Mir | Russia | Aleksandr Viktorenko | Oct. 4, 1994–March 22, 1995 (Nov. 4, 1994 [Merbold]) | first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight (Kondakova) | |
Yelena Kondakova | |||||
Ulf Merbold | |||||
STS-66 (Atlantis) | U.S. | Donald McMonagle | Nov. 3–14, 1994 | carried third ATLAS laboratory | |
Curtis Brown | |||||
Ellen Ochoa | |||||
Joseph Tanner | |||||
Jean-François Clervoy | |||||
Scott Parazynski | |||||
STS-63 (Discovery) | U.S. | James Wetherbee | Feb. 3–11, 1995 | demonstrated shuttle orbiter's ability to approach and maneuver around Mir | |
Eileen Collins | |||||
Bernard Harris | |||||
Michael Foale | |||||
Janice Voss | |||||
Vladimir Titov | |||||
STS-67 (Endeavour) | U.S. | Steven Oswald | March 2–18, 1995 | carried three telescopes that observed sky in ultraviolet light | |
William Gregory | |||||
John Grunsfeld | |||||
Wendy Lawrence | |||||
Tamara Jernigan | |||||
Samuel Durrance | |||||
Ronald Parise | |||||
Soyuz TM-21/Mir | Russia | Vladimir Dezhurov | March 14–July 7, 1995 | first American to fly on Russian spacecraft (Thagard); addition of Spektr module to Mir | |
Gennady Strekalov | |||||
Norman Thagard | |||||
STS-71 (Atlantis)/Mir | U.S. | Robert Gibson | June 27–July 7, 1995 (Sept. 11 [Solovyov, Budarin]) | first space shuttle visit to Mir | |
Charles Precourt | |||||
Ellen Baker | |||||
Gregory Harbaugh | |||||
Bonnie Dunbar | |||||
Anatoly Solovyov | |||||
Nikolay Budarin | |||||
STS-70 (Discovery) | U.S. | Terence Henricks | July 13–22, 1995 | launched final TDRS satellite | |
Kevin Kregel | |||||
Donald Thomas | |||||
Nancy Currie | |||||
Mary Weber | |||||
Soyuz TM-22/Mir | Russia | Yury Gidzenko | Sept. 3, 1995–Feb. 29, 1996 | first German to walk in space (Reiter) | |
Sergey Avdeyev | |||||
Thomas Reiter | |||||
STS-69 (Endeavour) | U.S. | David Walker | Sept. 7–18, 1995 | operated Wake Shield Facility satellite | |
Kenneth Cockrell | |||||
James Voss | |||||
James Newman | |||||
Michael Gernhardt | |||||
STS-73 (Columbia) | U.S. | Kenneth Bowersox | Oct. 20–Nov. 5, 1995 | carried Microgravity Laboratory-2 to study material growth in space | |
Kent Rominger | |||||
Catherine Coleman | |||||
Michael Lopez-Alegria | |||||
Kathryn Thornton | |||||
Fred Leslie | |||||
Albert Sacco | |||||
STS-74 (Atlantis)/Mir | U.S. | Kenneth Cameron | Nov. 12–20, 1995 | attached docking module to Mir | |
James Halsell | |||||
Chris Hadfield | |||||
Jerry Ross | |||||
William McArthur | |||||
STS-72 (Endeavour) | U.S. | Brian Duffy | Jan. 11–20, 1996 | practiced space walks for International Space Station | |
Brent Jett | |||||
Leroy Chiao | |||||
Winston Scott | |||||
Wakata Koichi | |||||
Daniel Barry | |||||
Soyuz TM-23/Mir | Russia | Yuri Onufriyenko | Feb. 21–Sept. 2, 1996 | addition of Priroda module to Mir | |
Yury Usachyov | |||||
STS-75 (Columbia) | U.S. | Andrew Allen | Feb. 22–March 9, 1996 | deployed Tethered Satellite System | |
Scott Horowitz | |||||
Jeffrey Hoffman | |||||
Maurizio Cheli | |||||
Claude Nicollier | |||||
Franklin Chang-Díaz | |||||
Umberto Guidoni | |||||
STS-76 (Atlantis)/Mir | U.S. | Kevin Chilton | March 22–31, 1996 (Sept. 26 [Lucid]) | delivered supplies to Mir | |
Richard Searfoss | |||||
Ronald Sega | |||||
Michael Clifford | |||||
Linda Godwin | |||||
Shannon Lucid | |||||
STS-77 (Endeavour) | U.S. | John Casper | May 19–29, 1996 | deployed Inflatable Antenna Experiment | |
Curtis Brown | |||||
Andrew Thomas | |||||
Daniel Bursch | |||||
Mario Runco | |||||
Marc Garneau | |||||
STS-78 (Columbia) | U.S. | Terence Henricks | June 20–July 7, 1996 | conducted Life and Microgravity Spacelab to study biological effects of space travel | |
Kevin Kregel | |||||
Richard Linnehan | |||||
Susan Helms | |||||
Charles Brady | |||||
Jean-Jacques Favier | |||||
Robert Thirsk | |||||
Soyuz TM-24/Mir | Russia | Valery Korzun | Aug. 17, 1996–March 2, 1997 (Sept. 2, 1996 [André-Deshays]) | first French woman in space (André-Deshays) | |
Aleksandr Kaleri | |||||
Claudie André-Deshays | |||||
STS-79 (Atlantis)/Mir | U.S. | William Readdy | Sept. 16–26, 1996 (Jan. 22, 1997 [Blaha]) | conducted experiments in Spacelab Double Module | |
Terrence Wilcutt | |||||
Jerome Apt | |||||
Thomas Akers | |||||
Carl Walz | |||||
John Blaha | |||||
STS-80 (Columbia) | U.S. | Kenneth Cockrell | Nov. 19–Dec. 7, 1996 | deployed and retrieved ORFEUS-SPAS II astrophysics satellite and Wake Shield Facility | |
Kent Rominger | |||||
Tamara Jernigan | |||||
Thomas Jones | |||||
Story Musgrave | |||||
STS-81 (Atlantis)/Mir | U.S. | Michael Baker | Jan. 12–22, 1997 (May 24 [Linenger]) | returned with first plants to complete a full life cycle in space | |
Brent Jett | |||||
Peter Wisoff | |||||
John Grunsfeld | |||||
Marsha Ivins | |||||
Jerry Linenger | |||||
Soyuz TM-25/Mir | Russia | Vasily Tsibliyev | Feb. 10–Aug. 14, 1997 (March 2 [Ewald]) | fire seriously damaged Mir's oxygen generation system (Feb. 23); collision with Progress punctured Spektr module (June 25) | |
Aleksandr Lazutkin | |||||
Reinhold Ewald | |||||
STS-82 (Discovery) | U.S. | Kenneth Bowersox | Feb. 11–21, 1997 | Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission | |
Scott Horowitz | |||||
Joseph Tanner | |||||
Steven Hawley | |||||
Gregory Harbaugh | |||||
Mark Lee | |||||
Steven Smith | |||||
STS-83 (Columbia) | U.S. | James Halsell | April 4–8, 1997 | carried Microgravity Science Laboratory-1; faulty fuel cell cut mission short | |
Susan Still | |||||
Janice Voss | |||||
Michael Gernhardt | |||||
Donald Thomas | |||||
Roger Crouch | |||||
Gregory Linteris | |||||
STS-84 (Atlantis)/Mir | U.S. | Charles Precourt | May 15–24, 1997 (Oct. 6 [Foale]) | carried Biorack research facility, which conducted microgravity experiments | |
Eileen Collins | |||||
Jean-François Clervoy | |||||
Carlos Noriega | |||||
Edward Lu | |||||
Yelena Kondakova | |||||
Michael Foale | |||||
STS-94 (Columbia) | U.S. | James Halsell | July 1–17, 1997 | reflight of STS-83 | |
Susan Still | |||||
Janice Voss | |||||
Michael Gernhardt | |||||
Donald Thomas | |||||
Roger Crouch | |||||
Gregory Linteris | |||||
Soyuz TM-26/Mir | Russia | Anatoly Solovyov | Aug. 5, 1997–Feb. 19, 1998 | Mir's oxygen-generation system repaired | |
Pavel Vinogradov | |||||
STS-85 (Discovery) | U.S. | Curtis Brown | Aug. 7–19, 1997 | deployed spectrometers and telescopes in space for observations of Earth's atmosphere | |
Kent Rominger | |||||
N. Jan Davis | |||||
Robert Curbeam | |||||
Stephen Robinson | |||||
Bjarni Tryggvason | |||||
STS-86 (Atlantis)/Mir | U.S. | James Wetherbee | Sept. 25–Oct. 6, 1997 (Jan. 31, 1998 [Wolf]) | carried Spacehab module, which included replacement computer for Mir | |
Michael Bloomfield | |||||
Vladimir Titov | |||||
Scott Parazynski | |||||
Jean-Loup Chrétien | |||||
Wendy Lawrence | |||||
David Wolf | |||||
STS-87 (Columbia) | U.S. | Kevin Kregel | Nov. 19–Dec. 5, 1997 | carried the fourth U.S. Microgravity Payload (USMP-4) and Spartan 201, a deployable pair of solar instruments; first Ukrainian astronaut (Kadenyuk) | |
Steven Lindsey | |||||
Kalpana Chawla | |||||
Winston Scott | |||||
Doi Takao | |||||
Leonid Kadenyuk | |||||
STS-89 (Endeavour)/Mir | U.S. | Terrence Wilcutt | Jan. 22–31, 1998 (June 12 [Thomas]) | carried out experiments in protein crystal growth | |
Joe Edwards | |||||
James Reilly | |||||
Michael Anderson | |||||
Bonnie Dunbar | |||||
Salizhan Sharipov | |||||
Andrew Thomas | |||||
Soyuz TM-27/Mir | Russia | Talgat Musabayev | Jan. 29–Aug. 25, 1998 (Feb. 19 [Eyharts]) | unsuccessful attempt to repair Spektr solar panel | |
Nikolay Budarin | |||||
Léopold Eyharts | |||||
STS-90 (Columbia) | U.S. | Richard Searfoss | April 17–May 3, 1998 | final Spacelab mission, called Neurolab | |
Scott Altman | |||||
Richard Linnehan | |||||
Kathryn Hire | |||||
Daffyd Williams | |||||
Jay Buckey | |||||
James Pawelczyk | |||||
STS-91 (Discovery)/Mir | U.S. | Charles Precourt | June 2–12, 1998 | final space shuttle mission to Mir | |
Dominic Gorie | |||||
Franklin Chang-Díaz | |||||
Wendy Lawrence | |||||
Janet Kavandi | |||||
Valery Ryumin | |||||
Soyuz TM-28/Mir | Russia | Gennady Padalka | Aug. 13, 1998–Feb. 28, 1999 (Aug. 28, 1999 [Avdeyev]; Aug. 25, 1998 [Baturin]) | first Russian politician in space (Baturin) | |
Sergey Avdeyev | |||||
Yury Baturin | |||||
STS-95 (Discovery) | U.S. | Curt Brown | Oct. 28–Nov. 7, 1998 | carried Spacehab module; oldest person in space (Glenn); first Spanish astronaut (Duque) | |
Steven Lindsey | |||||
Scott Parazynski | |||||
Pedro Duque | |||||
Stephen Robinson | |||||
Mukai Chiaki | |||||
John Glenn | |||||
STS-88 (Endeavour)/International Space Station (ISS) | U.S. | Robert Cabana | Dec. 4–15, 1998 | linked first two modules of ISS (Zarya [Russia] and Unity [U.S.]) | |
Frederick Sturckow | |||||
Jerry Ross | |||||
Nancy Currie | |||||
James Newman | |||||
Sergey Krikalyov | |||||
Soyuz TM-29/Mir | Russia | Viktor Afanasiyev | Feb. 20–Aug. 28, 1999 (Feb. 28 [Bella]) | first Slovak astronaut (Bella) | |
Jean-Pierre Haigneré | |||||
Ivan Bella | |||||
STS-96 (Discovery)/ISS | U.S. | Kent Rominger | May 27–June 6, 1999 | carried supplies to ISS | |
Rick Husband | |||||
Tamara Jernigan | |||||
Ellen Ochoa | |||||
Daniel Barry | |||||
Julie Payette | |||||
Valery Tokarev | |||||
STS-93 (Columbia) | U.S. | Eileen Collins | July 23–27, 1999 | launched Chandra X-ray Observatory | |
Jeffrey Ashby | |||||
Catherine Coleman | |||||
Steven Hawley | |||||
Michel Tognini | |||||
STS-103 (Discovery) | U.S. | Curtis Brown | Dec. 19–27, 1999 | Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission | |
Scott Kelly | |||||
Steven Smith | |||||
Jean-François Clervoy | |||||
John Grunsfeld | |||||
Michael Foale | |||||
Claude Nicollier |