And that required him to lose 55 pounds (25 kilograms) in weight, pass various medical boards and obtain direct approval from his bosses to fly again. Photo Credit: NASAĪlthough Ryumin had flown three times previously, and was the first man to log almost cumulative year in space, his most recent mission had been in 1980, nearly two decades earlier. astronaut Andy Thomas after almost five months in space.Ĭharlie Precourt (left) discusses emergency procedures with Valeri Ryumin during a contingency water bailout training session. STS-91, commanded by Charlie Precourt, would lift 1,100 pounds (500 kg) of water and 4,630 pounds (2,100 kg) of cargo, experiments and necessities to the aging orbital outpost, as well as bringing home U.S. This was followed by three years of shuttle-Mir docking flights, which delivered equipment and supplies and exchanged long-duration crew members. In December 1993, up to ten shuttle-Mir flights were agreed between the United States and Russia, leading to a cosmonaut voyaging aboard the shuttle in February 1994 and an astronaut spending four months on the station from March through July 1995. STS-91, the ninth and final shuttle-Mir docking mission, was the end of a truly remarkable era which had seen NASA’s reusable fleet of orbiters transition from their post-Challenger role of launching and retrieving satellites and performing scientific research into a vehicle which could visit and build space stations. In red shirts from left to right are Valeri Ryumin, Wendy Lawrence, Charlie Precourt, Andy Thomas, Janet Kavandi, Dominic Gorie and Franklin Chang-Diaz, with Talgat Musabayev at front center and Nikolai Budarin at back right. The combined STS-91 and Mir crews pose for a joint portrait aboard the space station.
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