In October 1992, Russia and the U.S. agreed to conduct a fundamentally new program of human cooperation in space. This original 'Shuttle-Mir' project encompassed combined astronaut-cosmonaut activities on the Shuttle, Soyuz, and Mir spacecraft. At that time, the project was limited to: the STS-60 Shuttle mission, which was completed in February 1994 and carried the first Russian cosmonaut; the planned March 1995 Soyuz 18 launch which will carry a U.S. astronaut to the Mir space station for a three month mission; and the STS-71 Shuttle mission which is scheduled to rendezvous and dock with the Mir space station in June 1995. The Task Force's specific recommendations are given.
Report of the Task Force on the Shuttle-Mir Rendezvous and Docking Missions
1994
46 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Astronautics , Manned Spacecraft , Astronauts , Cosmonauts , International cooperation , Mir space station , Mission planning , Orbital rendezvous , Recommendations , Russian federation , Soyuz spacecraft , Space missions , Space transportation system , Space transportation system flights , Spacecraft docking , Spacecrews