Cosmonauts

This section includes profiles and biographies of Russian cosmonauts involved in the Shuttle-Mir Program. To read their biographies, select their name or photograph. To view a list of crew members for each increment or mission, select the STS mission number or NASA increment number.






Sergei K. Krikalev

Mission Specialist, STS-60

Launch - February 3, 1994
(Discovery)
Landing - February 11, 1994
(Discovery)

Vladimir Titov

Cosmonaut, STS-63

February 3, 1995
February 11, 1995
(Discovery)

Cosmonaut, STS-86

September 25, 1997
October 6, 1997
(Atlantis)



Vladimir Dezhurov

Commander, Mir 18
(NASA-1)
Cosmonaut, STS-71

Launch - March 14, 1995
(Soyuz-TM 21)
Landing - July 7, 1995
(Atlantis)


Gennady Strekalov

Flight Engineer, Mir 18
(NASA-1)
Cosmonaut, STS-71

Launch - March 14, 1995
(Soyuz-TM 21)
Landing - July 7, 1995
(Atlantis)


Anatoly Solovyev

Commander, Mir 19
Cosmonaut, STS-71

Launch - June 27, 1995
(Atlantis)
Landing - September 11, 1995
(Soyuz-TM 21)

Commander, Mir 24
(NASA-5, NASA-6, & NASA-7)

Launch - August 5, 1997
(Soyuz-TM 26)
Landing - February 19, 1998
(Soyuz-TM 26)



Nikolai Budarin

Flight Engineer, Mir 19
Cosmonaut, STS-71

Launch - June 27, 1995
(Atlantis)
Landing - September 11, 1995
(Soyuz-TM 21)

Flight Engineer, Mir 25
(NASA-7)

Launch - January 29, 1998
(Soyuz-TM 27)
Landing - August 25, 1998
(Soyuz-TM 27)


Yuri Gidzenko

Commander, Mir 20

Launch - September 3, 1995
(Soyuz-TM 22)
Landing - February 27, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 22)

Sergei Avdeyev

Flight Engineer, Mir 20

Launch - September 3, 1995
(Soyuz-TM 22)
Landing - February 27, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 22)

Thomas Reiter (ESA)

Cosmonaut Researcher, Mir 20

Launch - September 3, 1995
(Soyuz-TM 22)
Landing - February 27, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 22)

Yuri Onufriyenko

Commander, Mir 21
(NASA-2)

Launched - February 21, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 23)
Landed - September 2, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 23)

Yury Usachev

Flight Engineer, Mir 21
(NASA-2)

Launched - February 21, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 23)
Landed - September 2, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 23)

Claudie André-Deshays

Cosmonaut Researcher, Mir 22
(NASA-2 & NASA-3)

Launched - August 17, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 24)
Landed - September 2, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 23)


Valeri Korzun

Commander, Mir 22
(NASA-3)

Launched - August 17, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 24)
Landed - March 2, 1997
(Soyuz-TM 24)

Alexander Kaleri

Flight Engineer, Mir 22
(NASA-3)

Launched - August 17, 1996
(Soyuz-TM 24)
Landed - March 2, 1997
(Soyuz-TM 24)

Reinhold Ewald

Cosmonaut Researcher, Mir 23
(NASA-4)

Launched - February 10, 1997
(Soyuz-TM 25)
Landed - March 2, 1997
(Soyuz-TM 24)



Vasily Tsibliev

Commander, Mir 23
(NASA-4 & NASA-5)

Launched - February 10, 1997
(Soyuz-TM 25)
Landed - August 14, 1997
(Soyuz-TM 25)

Aleksandr Lazutkin

Flight Engineer, Mir 23
(NASA-4 & NASA-5)

Launched - February 10, 1997
(Soyuz-TM 25)
Landed - August 14, 1997
(Soyuz-TM 25)

Pavel Vinogradov

Flight Engineer, Mir 24
(NASA-5, NASA-6, & NASA-7)

Launch - August 5, 1997
(Soyuz-TM 26)
Landing - February 19, 1998
(Soyuz-TM 26)

Leopold Eyharts

Cosmonaut Researcher, Mir 25
(NASA-7)

Launched - January 29, 1998
(Soyuz-TM 27)
Landing - February 19, 1998
(Soyuz-TM 26)

Talgat Musabayev

Commander, Mir 25
(NASA-7)

Launched - January 29, 1998
(Soyuz-TM 27)
Landed - August 25, 1998
(Soyuz-TM 27)

Valery Ryumin

Russian Phase 1 Manager
Cosmonaut, STS-91

Launched - June 2, 1998
(Discovery)
Landed - June 12, 1998
(Discovery)

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