Manned Spaceflights - 1995

Last Year Manned Spaceflight Chronology Index Next Year

Flight Launch Landing Name Country   Parameters
STS-63 February 3, 1995
(05:22 GMT)
February 11, 1995
(11:51 GMT)
Commander: James Wetherbee
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 10)
USA M Perigee: 310 km
Apogee: 342 km
Inclination: 51.6°
129 orbits
1 spacewalk
Pilot: Eileen Collins
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA F
Launch Pad 39B
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
22nd landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 15)
Mission Specialist 1: Bernard Harris
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M
Mission Specialist 2: Michael Foale
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 12)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Discovery
(OV-103)
(20th Mission)
Mir Rendezvous (Closest Approach)
February 6, 1995

(19:23 GMT)
Mission Specialist 3: Janice Voss
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA F Time
8 days
6 hours
28 minutes
Mission Specialist 4: Vladimir Titov
(3rd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 6)
Russia M
Backup Mission Specialist 4: Sergei Krikalyov Russia M

STS-67 March 2, 1995
(06:38 GMT)
March 18, 1995
(21:47 GMT)
Commander: Stephen Oswald
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 11)
USA M Perigee: 349 km
Apogee: 363 km
Inclination: 28.45°
262 orbits
Pilot: William Gregory
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: John Grunsfeld
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M
Mission Specialist 2: Wendy Lawrence
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA F
Mission Specialist 3: Tamara Jernigan
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 11)
USA F
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
(OV-105)
(8th Mission)
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
44th landing at
Edwards Air Force Base,
California (Runway 22)
Payload Specialist 1: Samuel Durrance
(2rd Flight) (NASA Payload Specialist for Astro-2)
USA M Time
16 days
15 hours
8 minutes
Payload Specialist 2: Ronald Parise
(2rd Flight) (NASA Payload Specialist for Astro-2)
USA M
Backup Payload Specialist: Scott Vangen USA M

Soyuz TM-21
(7K-STM #70)
March 14, 1995
(06:11 GMT)
September 11, 1995
(06:52 GMT)
Commander: Vladimir Dezhurov
(1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 8)
(Down - STS-71) (115 days 8 hours 43 minutes)
Russia M Perigee: 201 km
Apogee: 247 km
Inclination: 51.6°
Crew: 1,825 orbits
5 spacewalks
Flight Engineer: Gennadi Strekalov
(5th Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 3)
(Down - STS-71) (115 days 8 hours 43 minutes)
Russia M
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
108 km NE of Arkalyk
(50° 31' N, 67° 21' E)
Researcher: Norman Thagard
(5th Flight) (NASA Group 8 - NASA 1 Mission)
(Down - STS-71) (115 days 8 hours 43 minutes)
USA M
Docked with Mir
March 16, 1995

(07:45 GMT)
Undocked from Mir
September 11, 1995

(03:30 GMT)
1st Backup Crew: Anatoli Soloviyov Russia M Time
181 days
0 hours
41 minutes
1st Backup Crew: Nikolai Budarin Russia M
1st Backup Crew: Bonnie Dunbar USA F
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U2
Undocked to Film the STS-71 Undocking
July 4, 1995

(10:55 GMT - 11:38 GMT)
2nd Backup Crew: Yuri Onufriyenko Russia M
2nd Backup Crew: Aleksandr Poleshchuk Russia M

Spektr
(77KSO #173-01)
May 20, 1995
(03:33 GMT)
March 23, 2001
(05:59 GMT)
Spektr
(Mir space station module)
Russia   Perigee: 221.1 km
Apogee: 335.4 km
Inclination: 51.6°
33,473 orbits
Launch Vehicle
Proton-K #378-01
Site-81L (Launch Pad 23)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Docked with Mir
June 1, 1995

(00:56 GMT)
Transfer to the lower lateral port
June 3, 1995
Time
2,134 days
2 hours

STS-71 June 27, 1995
(19:32 GMT)
July 7, 1995
(14:54 GMT)
Commander: Robert Gibson
(5th Flight) (NASA Group 8)
USA M Perigee: 296 km
Apogee: 385 km
Inclination: 51.6°
153 orbits
Pilot: Charles Precourt
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Ellen Baker
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 10)
USA F
Mission Specialist 2: Gregory Harbaugh
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 12)
USA M
Mission Specialist 3: Bonnie Dunbar
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 9)
USA F
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
23rd landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 15)
Mir EO-19 Commander: Anatoli Soloviyov
(4th Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 6)
(Down - Soyuz TM-21) (75 days 11 hours 20 minutes)
Russia M Mir EO-19 Crew
3 spacewalks
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
(OV-104)
(14th Mission)
Docked with Mir
June 29, 1995

(13:00 GMT)
Undocked from Mir
July 4, 1995

(11:09 GMT)
Mir EO-19 Flight Engineer: Nikolai Budarin
(1st Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 9)
(Down - Soyuz TM-21) (75 days 11 hours 20 minutes)
Russia M Time
9 days
19 hours
22 minutes
Mir EO-19 Backup Crew: Yuri Onufriyenko Russia M
Mir EO-19 Backup Crew: Yuri Usachyov Russia M

STS-70 July 13, 1995
(13:41 GMT)
July 22, 1995
(12:02 GMT)
Commander: Terence Henricks
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 11)
USA M Perigee: 287 km
Apogee: 315 km
Inclination: 28.45°
143 orbits
Pilot: Kevin Kregel
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Donald Thomas
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Discovery
(OV-103)
(21st Mission)
Launch Pad 39B
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
24th landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 15)
Mission Specialist 2: Nancy Currie
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA F Time
8 days
22 hours
20 minutes
Mission Specialist 3: Mary Ellen Weber
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA F

Soyuz TM-22
(7K-STM #71)
September 3, 1995
(09:00 GMT)
February 29, 1996
(10:42 GMT)
Commander: Yuri Gidzenko
(1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 8)
Russia M Perigee: 339 km
Apogee: 340 km
Inclination: 51.6°
2,833 orbits
3 spacewalks
Flight Engineer: Sergei Avdeyev
(2nd Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 8)
Russia M
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
105 km NE of Arkalyk
(51° 18' N, 67° 27' E)
Researcher: Thomas Reiter
(1st Flight) (ESA Group 2 - Euromir '95 Mission)
Germany M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U2
Docked with Mir
September 5, 1995

(10:29 GMT)
Undocked from Mir
February 29, 1996

(07:20 GMT)
Backup Crew: Gennadi Manakov Russia M Time
179 days
1 hour
41 minutes
Backup Crew: Pavel Vinogradov Russia M
Backup Crew: Christer Fuglesang Sweden M

STS-69 September 7, 1995
(15:09 GMT)
September 18, 1995
(11:37 GMT)
Commander: David Walker
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 8)
USA M Perigee: 370 km
Apogee: 370 km
Inclination: 28.4°
171 orbits
1 spacewalk
Pilot: Kenneth Cockrell
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: James Voss
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 12)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
(OV-105)
(9th Mission)
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
25th landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 33)
Mission Specialist 2: James Newman
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M Time
10 days
20 hours
28 minutes
Mission Specialist 3: Michael Gernhardt
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M

STS-73 October 20, 1995
(13:53 GMT)
November 5, 1995
(11:45 GMT)
Commander: Kenneth Bowersox
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 12)
USA M Perigee: 241 km
Apogee: 277 km
Inclination: 39°
256 orbits
Pilot: Kent Rominger
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Catherine Coleman
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA F
Mission Specialist 2: Michael Lopez-Alegria
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M
Mission Specialist 3: Kathryn Thornton
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 10)
USA F
Space Shuttle
Columbia
(OV-102)
(18th Mission)
Launch Pad 39B
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
26th land at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 33)
Payload Specialist 1: Fred Leslie
(1st Flight) (NASA Payload Specialist for USML-2)
USA M Time
15 days
21 hours
52 minutes
Payload Specialist 2: Albert Sacco
(1st Flight) (NASA Payload Specialist for USML-2)
USA M
Backup Payload Specialist: Ray Holt USA M
Backup Payload Specialist: David Matthiesen USA M

STS-74 November 12, 1995
(12:30 GMT)
November 20, 1995
(17:01 GMT)
Commander: Kenneth Cameron
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 10)
USA M Perigee: 391 km
Apogee: 396 km
Inclination: 51.6°
129 orbits
Pilot: James Halsell
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
27th landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 33)
Mission Specialist 1: Chris Hadfield
(1st Flight) (CSA Group 2) (NASA Group 14)
Canada M
Mission Specialist 2: Jerry Ross
(5th Flight) (NASA Group 9)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
(OV-104)
(15th Mission)
Docked with Mir
November 15, 1995

(06:27 GMT)
Undocked from Mir
November 18, 1995

(08:15 GMT)
Mission Specialist 3: William McArthur
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M Time
8 days
4 hours
1 minute
Backup Mission Specialist 1: Marc Garneau Canada M

Last Year Manned Spaceflight Chronology Index Next Year

Updated - October 20, 2006