Chronology of Manned Space Flight 1981-

Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, Universityof Wisconsin - Green Bay


1981

Soyuz T-4 Mar 12, 1981 Kovalenok Savinykh Docked with and boarded Salyut 6 for seven day stay
Soyuz 39 Mar 22, 1981 Dzhanibekov Ivanov Gurragcha Gurragcha first Mongolian crew member in space
Columbia (STS-1) Apr 12, 1981 Young Crippen First orbital test flight of U.S. Space Shuttle
Soyuz 40 May 14, 1981 Popov Prunariu Seven day visit to Salyut 6; last flight of Soyuz
Columbia (STS-2) Nov 12, 1981 Engle Truly Payload included OSTA 1; crew tested remote manipulator arm

1982

Columbia (STS-3) Mar 22, 1982 Lousma Fullerton First use of alternate shuttle landing site
Soyuz T-5 May 13, 1982 Berezovoy Lebedev Crew remained on Salyut 7 for 211 days returned in Soyuz T-7
Soyuz T-6 Jun 24, 1982 Dzhanibekov Ivanchenkov Chretien Mission to Salyut 7
Columbia (STS-4) Jun 27, 1982 Mattingly Hartsfield Carried U.S. Department of Defense payload
Soyuz T-7 Aug 19, 1982 Popov Serebrov Savitskaya Savitskaya became second Soviet woman in space
Columbia(STS-5) Nov 11, 1982 Brand Overmyer Allen Lenoir First four-person crew; Launched commercial satellites(SBS 3 and Anik C-3)

1983

Challenger (STS-6) Apr 4, 1983 Weitz Bobko Peterson Musgrave Launched first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-1)
Soyuz T-8 Apr 20, 1983 Titov Unsuccessful docking with Salyut 7
Challenger (STS-7) Jun 18, 1983 Crippen Hauck Fabian Ride Thagard First five-person crew; first flight of a U.S. woman astronaut, Ride; deployed two communications satellites
Soyuz T-9 Jun 28, 1983 Lyakhov Aleksandrov Mission to Salyut 7; crew spent 149 days in space
Challenger (STS-8) Aug 30, 1983 Truly Brandenstein Bluford Gardner Thornton First flight of African-American astronaut, Bluford
Columbia (STS-9) Nov 28, 1983 Young Shaw Garriot Parker Lichtenberg Merbold First six-person crew; first spacelab mission; first non-U.S. crewmember on a U.S. mission (Merbold)

1984

Challenger (STS-41B) Feb 3, 1984 Brand Gibson McCandless McNair Stewart First in-space operation of Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU)
Soyuz T-10 Feb 8, 1984 Kizim Solovev Atkov Crew spent record-setting 237 days in space
Soyuz T-11 Apr 3, 1984 Malyshev Strekalov Sharma First flight of cosmonaut from India
Challenger (STS-41C) Apr 6, 1984 Crippen Scobee Hart van Hoften Nelson Crew launched Long Duration Exposure facility and repaired Solar Maximum Mission Satellite
Soyuz T-12 Jul 17, 1984 Dazhanibekov Savitskaya Volk Savitskaya became first woman to perform EVA
Discovery Aug 30, 1984 Hartsfield Coats Mullane Hawley Resnick Walker Space shuttle Discovery's first voyage
Challenger (STS-41G) Oct 5, 1984 Crippen McBride Leestma Ride Sullivan Garneau Scully-Power First flight of two women, Sullivan and Ride; first Canadian astronaut (Garneau)
Discovery (STS-51A) Nov 8, 1984 Hauck Walker Allen Fisher Gardner Crew retrieved and returned Westar 6 and Palapa B2 to Earth

1985

Discovery (STS-51C) Jan 24, 1985 Mattingly Shriver Buchli Onizuka Payton Mission for U.S. Department of Defense; first Asian-American astronaut (Onizuka)
Discovery (STS-51D) Apr 12, 1985 Bobko Williams Seddon Griggs Hoffman Walker Garn Carried two communications satellites; first flight of U.S. elected official, Senator Garn
Challenger (STS-51B) Apr 29, 1985 Overmyer Gregory Lind Thagard Thornton, van de Berg, Wang Spacelab 3 mission
Soyuz T-13 Jun 5, 1985 Dzhanibekov Savinkyh Repair mission to Salyut 7
Discovery (STS-51G) Jun 17, 1985 Brandenstein Creighton Fabian Lucid Nagel Al-Saud Baudry Carried three communications satellites
Challenger (STS-51F) Jul 29, 1985 Fullerton Bridges England Henize Musgrave Acton Bartoe Spacelab 2 mission
Discovery (STS-51I) Aug 27, 1985 Engle Covey Fisher Lounge van Hoften Crew launched three satellites and repaired the disabled Syncom IV
Soyuz T-14 Sep 17, 1985 Vasyutin Grechko Volkov Boarded Salyut 7; mission cut short due to illness
Atlantis (STS-51J) Oct 3, 1985 Bobko Grabe Hilmers Stewart Pailes First flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis; mission for U.S. Department of Defense
Challenger (STS-61A) Oct 30, 1985 Hartsfield Nagel Bluford Buchli Dunbar Furrer Messerschmid Ockels Carried the German spacelab D1
Atlantis (STS-61B) Nov 26, 1985 Shaw O'Connor Cleave Ross Spring Neri-Vela Walker Three communications satellites launched; first flight of Mexican astronaut

1986

Columbia Jan 12, 1986 Gibson (STS-61C) Bolden One communications satellite launched; first Hispanic-American astronaut (Chang-Diaz); first Chang
Diaz flight of member of House of Representatives Hawley (B. Nelson) G. Nelson Cenker B. Nelson
Challenger Jan 28, 1986 Scobee Shuttle exploded 73 seconds into flight; all seven (STS-51L) Smith crew members died; crew included first teacher in space McNair Onizuka Resnik Jarvis McAuliffe
Soyuz T-15 Mar 13, 1986 Kizim First occupation of Mir space station; crew transfer Solovyov to Salyut 7

1983

Soyuz TM
2 Feb 5, 1987 Romanenko Romanenko set space endurance record of 326 days aboard Mir Laveykin
Soyuz TM
3 Jul 22, 1987 Vitorenko Mission to Mir; first flight of Syrian cosmonaut Aleksandrov Faris
Soyuz TM
4 Dec 21, 1987 Titov Mission to Mir Manarov Levchenko

1983

Soyuz TM
5 Jun 7, 1988 Savinykh Mission to Mir; crew returned in Soyuz TM
3 Solovyev Aleksandrov
Discovery Sep 29, 1988 Hauck First U.S. shuttle flight since Challenger accident; (STS-26) Covey launch of TDRS
3 Hilmers Lounge Nelson
Energiia
Buran Nov 15, 1988 unpiloted First and only flight (to date) of Soviet Space shuttle
Soyuz TM
7 Nov 26, 1988 Volkov Titov and Manarov remained on Mir for record
setting Krikalev 366 days Chretien
Atlantis Dec 2, 1988 Gibson Mission for U.S. Department of Defense (STS-27) Gardner Mullane Ross Shepherd
Discovery Mar 13, 1989 Coats Launch of TDRS
4 (STS-29) Blaha Bagian Buchli Springer
Atlantis May 4, 1989 Walker Launched Venus Orbiter Magellan (STS-30) Grabe Cleave Lee Thagard
Columbia Aug 8, 1989 Shaw Mission for U.S. Department of Defense (STS-28) Richards Adamson Brown Leestma
Soyuz TM
8 Sep 5, 1989 Viktorenko Five month mission to Mir Serebrov
Atlantis Oct 18, 1989 Williams Launched Galileo probe to Jupiter (STS-34) McCulley Baker Chang
Diaz Lucid
Discovery Nov 22, 1989 Gregory Mission for U.S. Department of Defense (STS-33) Blaha Carter Musgrave Thornton
Columbia Jan 9, 1990 Brandenstein Crew retrieved Long
Duration Exposure Facility; (STS-32) Wetherbee Syncom IV
5 launched Dunbar Ivins Low
Soyuz TM
9 Feb 11, 1990 Solovyov Mission aboard Mir for nearly 179 days Balandin
Atlantis Feb 28, 1990 Creighton Mission for U.S. Department of Defense (STS-36) Casper Hilmers Mullane Thuot
Discovery Apr 24, 1990 Shriver Hubble Space Telescope (HST) launched (STS-31) Bolden Hawley McCandless Sullivan
Soyuz TM
10 Aug 1, 1990 Manakov 130 day mission aboard Mir Strekalov
Discovery Oct 6, 1990 Richards Launch of Ulysses spacecraft (STS-41) Cabana Akers Melnick Shepherd
Atlantis Nov 15, 1990 Covey Mission for U.S. Department of Defense (STS-38) Culbertson Gemar Meade Springer
Columbia Dec 2, 1990 Brand ASTRO
1 spacelab mission (STS-35) Gardner Hoffman Lounge Parker Durrance Parise
Soyuz TM
11 Dec 2, 1990 Afanasyev 175 day mission aboard Mir Manarov
Atlantis Apr 5, 1991 Nagel Launch of Compton Gamma
Ray Observatory (GRO) (STS-37) Cameron Apt Godwin Ross
Discovery Apr 28, 1991 Coats Mission for U.S. Department of Defense (STS-39) Hammond Bluford Harbaugh Hieb McMonagle Veach
Soyuz TM
12 May 18, 1991 Artsebarsky Mission to Mir; first flight of cosmonaut Krikalev from United Kingdom Sharman
Columbia Jun 5, 1991 O'Connor Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS
1) mission (STS-40) Gutierrez Bagian Jernigan Seddon Gaffney Hughes
Fulford
Atlantis Aug 2, 1991 Blaha Launched TDRS
5 (STS-43) Baker Adamson Low Lucid
Discovery Sep 12, 1991 Creighton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite launched (STS-48) Reightler Brown Buchli Gemar
Soyuz TM
13 Oct 2, 1991 Volkov Mission to Mir Aubakirov Viehboeck
Atlantis Nov 24, 1991 Gregory Defense Support Program satellite launched (STS-44) Henricks Musgrave Runco Voss Hennen
Discovery Jan 22, 1992 Grabe International Microgravity Laboratory
1 (IML
1) (STS-42) Oswald Spacelab launched Thagard Hilmers Readdy Bondar Merbold
Soyuz TM
14 Mar 17, 1992 Vitorenko First piloted mission for the former Soviet Union Kaleri Flade
Atlantis Mar 24, 1992 Bolden Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (STS-45) Duffy (ATLAS) Spacelab mission Sullivan Foale Leestma Frimout Lichtenberg
Endeavour May 7, 1992 Brandenstein First flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour; retrieved (STS-49) Chilton Intelsat VI Akers Hieb Melnick Thornton Thuot
Columbia Jun 25, 1992 Richards U.S. Microgravity Laboratory
1 Spacelab mission (STS-50) Bowersox Dunbar Baker Meade DeLucas Trinh
Soyuz TM
15 Jul 27, 1992 Solovyov Mission to Mir Avdeyev Tognini
Atlantis Jul 31, 1992 Shriver Launched EURECA for European Space Agency; tested (STS-46) Allen Tethered Satellite System Hoffman Chang
Diaz Ivins Nicollier Malerba
Endeavour Sep 12, 1992 Gibson Jemison first African
American woman in space; (STS-47) Brown Japanese Spacelab
J mission Lee Apt Davis Jemison Mohri
Columbia Oct 22, 1992 Wetherbee Launch of Lageos II; first flight of U.S. Microgravity (STS-52) Baker Payload (USMP) Jernigan Shepherd Veach MacLean
Discovery Dec 2, 1992 Walker Launch of U.S. Department of Defense satellite (STS-53) Cabana Bluford Clifford Voss
Endeavour Jan 13, 1993 Casper Launch of sixth TDRS satellite; failed to reach correct orbit (STS-54) McMonagle Harbaugh Helms Runco
Soyuz TM
16 Jan 24, 1993 Manakov Mission to Mir; test U.S. Shuttle docking unit Poleshchuk
Discovery Apr 8, 1993 Cameron Second ATLAS Spacelab mission; launch of Spartan probe (STS-56) Oswald Cockrell Foale Ochoa
Columbia Apr 26, 1993 Nagel Spacelab D2 mission for microgravity research (STS-55) Henricks Ross Harris Precourt Schlegel Walter
Endeavour Jun 21, 1993 Grabe Launched and retrieved European satellite EURECA; first flight (STS-57) Duffy of Spacelab module Low Sherlock Voss Wisoff
Soyuz TM
17 Jul 1, 1993 Tsibiliyev Mission to Mir Serebrov Haignere
Discovery Sep 12, 1993 Culbertson Launched and retrieved European satellite ORFEUS
SPAS (STS-51) Readdy Bursch Newman Walz
Columbia Oct 18, 1993 Blaha First two
week Shuttle mission; second Spacelab Life Science (STS-58) Searfoss (SLS-2) mission Seddon Lucid McArthur Wolf Fettman
Endeavour (STS-61) Dec 2, 1993 Covey Bowersox Musgrave Akers Hoffman Nicollier Thornton Crew serviced and repaired Hubble Space Telescope

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