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| Flight | Launch | Landing | Name | Country | Parameters | |
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| STS-54 | January 13, 1993 (13:59 GMT) |
January 19, 1993 (13:37 GMT) |
Commander: John Casper (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | Perigee: 300.07 km Apogee: 308.59 km Inclination: 28.45° 96 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Pilot: Donald McMonagle (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 12) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Gregory Harbaugh (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 12) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) (3rd Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
14th landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Runway 33) |
Mission Specialist 2: Mario Runco (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 12) |
USA | M | Time 5 days 23 hours 38 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Susan Helms (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | F | ||||
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| Soyuz TM-16 (7K-STM #101) |
January 24, 1993 (05:58 GMT) |
July 22, 1993 (06:41 GMT) |
Commander: Gennadi Manakov (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 9) |
Russia | M | Perigee: 393 km Apogee: 394 km Inclination: 51.6° 2,833 orbits 2 spacewalks |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
140 km S of Dzhezkazgan (47° 23' N, 69° 22' E) |
Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Poleshchuk (1st Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 9) |
Russia | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U2 |
Docked with Mir January 26, 1993 (07:31 GMT) |
Undocked from Mir July 22, 1993 (03:00 GMT) |
Backup Crew: Vasili Tsibliyev | Russia | M | Time 179 days 0 hours 41 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Yuri Usachyov | Russia | M | ||||
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| STS-56 | April 8, 1993 (05:29 GMT) |
April 17, 1993 (11:37 GMT) |
Commander: Kenneth Cameron (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | Perigee: 296 km Apogee: 296 km Inclination: 28.45° 148 orbits |
| Pilot: Stephen Oswald (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 11) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Michael Foale (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 12) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) (16th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
15th landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Runway 33) |
Mission Specialist 2: Kenneth Cockrell (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | Time 9 days 6 hours 8 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Ellen Ochoa (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | F | ||||
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| STS-55 | April 26, 1993 (14:50 GMT) |
May 6, 1993 (14:30 GMT) |
Commander: Steven Nagel (4th Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 298 km Apogee: 306 km Inclination: 28.45° 160 orbits |
| Pilot: Terence Henricks (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 11) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Jerry Ross (4th Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 2: Charles Precourt (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 3: Bernard Harris (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) (14th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
38th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 22) |
Payload Specialist 1: Ulrich Walter (1st Flight) (DLR Group 2) |
Germany | M | Time 9 days 23 hours 39 minutes |
| Payload Specialist 2: Hans Schlegel (1st Flight) (DLR Group 2) |
Germany | M | ||||
| Backup Payload Specialist: Gerhard Thiele | Germany | M | ||||
| Backup Payload Specialist: Renate Brümmer | Germany | F | ||||
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| STS-57 | June 21, 1993 (13:07 GMT) |
July 1, 1993 (12:52 GMT) |
Commander: Ronald Grabe (4th Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | Perigee: 407 km Apogee: 483 km Inclination: 28.45° 155 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Pilot: Brian Duffy (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 11) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: David Low (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 2: Nancy Sherlock (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | F | ||||
| Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) (4th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
16th landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Runway 33) |
Mission Specialist 3: Peter "Jeff" Wisoff (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | Time 9 days 23 hours 44 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 4: Janice Voss (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | F | ||||
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| Soyuz TM-17 (7K-STM #66) |
July 1, 1993 (14:32 GMT) |
January 14, 1994 (08:18 GMT) |
Commander: Vasili Tsibliyev (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 8) |
Russia | M | Perigee: 388 km Apogee: 397 km Inclination: 51.6° 3,113 orbits 5 spacewalks |
| Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Serebrov (4th Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 4) |
Russia | M | ||||
| Researcher: Jean-Pierre Haigneré (1st Flight) (CNES Group 2 - Altaïr Mission) (Down - Soyuz TM-16) (20 days 16 hours 8 minutes) |
France | M | ||||
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
130 km W of Karaganda (49° 37' N, 70° 7' E) |
1st Backup Crew: Viktor Afanasiyev | Russia | M | Time 196 days 17 hours 45 minutes |
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| 1st Backup Crew: Yuri Usachyov | Russia | M | ||||
| 1st Backup Crew: Claudie André-Deshays | France | F | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U2 |
Docked with Mir July 3, 1993 (16:24 GMT) |
Undocked from Mir January 14, 1994 (04:37 GMT) |
2nd Backup Crew: Yuri Malenchenko | Russia | M | |
| 2nd Backup Crew: Gennadi Strekalov | Russia | M | ||||
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| STS-51 | September 12, 1993 (11:45 GMT) |
September 22, 1993 (07:56 GMT) |
Commander: Frank Culbertson (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | M | Perigee: 300 km Apogee: 308 km Inclination: 28.45° 157 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Pilot: William Readdy (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 12) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: James Newman (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) (17th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
17th landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Runway 15) |
Mission Specialist 2: Daniel Bursch (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | Time 9 days 20 hours 11 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Carl Walz (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | ||||
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| STS-58 | October 18, 1993 (14:53 GMT) |
November 1, 1993 (15:05 GMT) |
Commander: John Blaha (4th Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | Perigee: 282 km Apogee: 291 km Inclination: 39° 225 orbits |
| Pilot: Richard Searfoss (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Margaret Rhea Seddon (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | F | ||||
| Mission Specialist 2: William McArthur (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 3: David Wolf (1st Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 4: Shannon Lucid (4th Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | F | ||||
| Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) (15th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
39th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 22) |
Payload Specialist 1: Martin Fettman (1st Flight) (NASA Payload Specialist for SLS-2) |
USA | M | Time 14 days 0 hours 12 minutes |
| Backup Payload Specialist 1: Jay Buckey | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Payload Specialist 1: Lawrence Young | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Payload Specialist Candidate: Ford Collins | USA | M | ||||
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| STS-61 | December 2, 1993 (09:27 GMT) |
December 13, 1993 (05:25 GMT) |
Commander: Richard Covey (4th Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 500 km Apogee: 594 km Inclination: 28.45° 163 orbits 5 spacewalks |
| Pilot: Kenneth Bowersox (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 12) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Kathryn Thornton (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 10) |
USA | F | ||||
| Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
18th landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Runway 33) |
Mission Specialist 2: Claude Nicollier (2nd Flight) (ESA Group 1) (NASA Group 9) |
Switzerland | M | ||
| Mission Specialist 3: Jeffrey Hoffman (4th Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) (5th Mission) |
Grappled Hubble December 4, 1993 (08:47 GMT) |
Released Hubble December 10, 1993 (10:26 GMT) |
Mission Specialist 4: Story Musgrave (5th Flight) (NASA Group 6) |
USA | M | Time 10 days 19 hours 58 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 5: Thomas Akers (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 12) |
USA | M | ||||
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