List of Space Shuttle Missions : 1997 - 1998
(Non Shuttle-Mir Missions)

Approach and Landing Tests 1985 - 1986 1991 - 1992 1995 - 1996 1999 - 2010
1981 - 1984 1988 - 1990 1993 - 1994 1997 - 1998 Backups

Flight Launch Landing Name Country   Position
STS-82
(HST-SM 2)
February 11, 1997
(08:55 GMT)
February 21, 1997
(08:32 GMT)
Kenneth Bowersox USA M Commander
Scott Horowitz USA M Pilot
Joseph Tanner USA M Mission Specialist 1
Steven Hawley USA M Mission Specialist 2
Discovery
(22nd Mission)
Gregory Harbaugh USA M Mission Specialist 3
Mark Lee USA M Mission Specialist 4
Steven Smith USA M Mission Specialist 5

STS-83
(MSL-1*)
April 4, 1997
(19:20 GMT)
April 8, 1997
(18:33 GMT)
James Halsell USA M Commander
Susan Still USA F Pilot
Janice Voss USA F Mission Specialist 1
Michael Gernhardt USA M Mission Specialist 2
Columbia
(22nd Mission)
Donald Thomas USA M Mission Specialist 3
Roger Crouch USA M Payload Specialist 1
Gregory Linteris USA M Payload Specialist 2

STS-94
(MSL-1R*)
July 1, 1997
(18:02 GMT)
July 17, 1997
(10:47 GMT)
James Halsell USA M Commander
Susan Still USA F Pilot
Janice Voss USA F Mission Specialist 1
Michael Gernhardt USA M Mission Specialist 2
Columbia
(23rd Mission)
Donald Thomas USA M Mission Specialist 3
Roger Crouch USA M Payload Specialist 1
Gregory Linteris USA M Payload Specialist 2

STS-85
(CRISTA-SPAS-II)
August 7, 1997
(14:41 GMT)
August 19, 1997
(11:09 GMT)
Curtis Brown USA M Commander
Kent Rominger USA M Pilot
Jan Davis USA F Mission Specialist 1
Discovery
(23rd Mission)
Robert Curbeam USA M Mission Specialist 2
Stephen Robinson USA M Mission Specialist 3
Bjarni Tryggvason Canada M Payload Specialist 1

STS-87
(USMP-4)
(Spartan 201-04)
November 19, 1997
(19:46 GMT)
December 5, 1997
(12:20 GMT)
Kevin Kregel USA M Commander
Steven Lindsey USA M Pilot
Kalpana Chawla USA F Mission Specialist 1
Columbia
(24th Mission)
Winston Scott USA M Mission Specialist 2
Takao Doi Japan M Mission Specialist 3
Leonid Kadenyuk Ukraine M Payload Specialist 1

STS-90
(Neurolab)
April 17, 1998
(18:19 GMT)
May 3, 1998
(16:09 GMT)
Richard Searfoss USA M Commander
Scott Altman USA M Pilot
Richard Linnehan USA M Mission Specialist 1
Kathryn "Kay" Hire USA F Mission Specialist 2
Columbia
(25th Mission)
Dafydd Williams Canada M Mission Specialist 3
Jay Buckey USA M Payload Specialist 1
James Pawelczyk USA M Payload Specialist 2

STS-95
(Spacehab Module)
(HOST)
(Spartan 201-05)
October 29, 1998
(19:19 GMT)
November 7, 1998
(17:04 GMT)
Curtis Brown USA M Commander
Steven Lindsey USA M Pilot
Stephen Robinson USA M Mission Specialist 1
Scott Parazynski USA M Mission Specialist 2
Discovery
(25th Mission)
Pedro Duque Spain M Mission Specialist 3
Chiaki Mukai Japan F Payload Specialist 1
Senator John Glenn USA M Payload Specialist 2

Note: * After the STS-83 mission was cut by fuel cell problems aboard Columbia, NASA decided to refly the STS-83 (Microgravity Science Laboratory 1) mission as STS-94 with the same shuttle, crew, and payloads.

International Astronauts
Flight Name Country Involved Crew Member Backup Crew Member
STS-85 Canada Bjarni Tryggvason -

STS-87 Japan Takao Doi -
Ukraine Leonid Kadenyuk Yaroslav Pustovyi

STS-90 Canada Dafydd Williams -

STS-95 Spain Pedro Duque -
Japan Chiaki Mukai Koichi Wakata

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