The new Orbitalstation Mir was after the different Sajlut Orbitalstations the most advanced and succesfull Orbitalstation.
Mir was the 8th Orbitalstation from Russia.
From 1987 until 2000, 30 Sojus spaceships (TM-1 to TM-30) have visited the Mir and 11 Space Shuttles STS docked at Mir station.
On 29.06.1995 the Space Shuttle STS-71 was the first one which docked at the Mir station.
On 19.02.1986 the mainpart of the new Orbitalstation Mir was launched by a Proton rocket.
The first visit to Mir station was Sojus T-15 with Leonid Kizim and Wladimir Solovyew from 15th of march to 5th of may 1986, but they stayed most of their mission in the older Orbitalstation Saljut-7
(6th may to 25th june 1986). From 26th june to 16th july they stayed once again in the new station Mir.
Unmanned Progess 25 docked on Mir 21th march 1986, Progress 26 docked on Mir 25th april 1986.
After the first unmanned flight from Sojus TM-1 (docking MIR 23.05.1986), the first manned flight to Mir was Sojus TM-2 with the russian cosmonauts Juri Romanenko and Alexander Lawelkin.
The Mir station was a totally new developed Orbitalstation with 4 compartments in the basic part with options for further expansion and upgrate.
Space Shuttle STS-71 launch 27.06.1995 Robert Gibson (USA)
(Flight 69, Atlamtis) docking to Mir 29.06.1995 Charles Precurt (USA)
undocking 04.07.1995 Ellen Baker (USA)
landing
07.07.1995 Bonnie Dunbar (USA)
Gregory Harbaugh (USA)
Anatoli Solowjow (Russia)
Nikolai Badurin
(Russia)
Back to Earth crew:
Robert Gibson (USA)
Charles Precurt (USA)
Ellen Baker (USA)
Bonnie Dunbar (USA)
Gregory Harbaugh (USA)
Wladimir Deschurow (Russia, Sojus TM-21)
Gennadi Strekalow (Russia, Sojus TM-21)
Norman Thagard (USA, Sojus TM-21)
First visit of a US Space Shuttle to the Orbitalstation Mir of Russia and the first time that 2 russian cosmonauts have flown in the Space
Shuttle
153 Orbits
Space Shuttle STS-72 launch 11.01.1996 Brian Duffy (USA)
(Flight 74, Endeavour) landing 20.01.1996 Brent Jett (USA)
Leroy Chiao (USA)
Daniel Barry (USA)
Winston Scott (USA)
Köichi Wakata (Japan)
Back to Earth crew:
same
142 Orbits
Space Shuttle STS-73 launch 20.10.1995 Kenneth Bowersox (USA)
(Flight 72, Columbia) landing 05.11.1995 Kent Romeger (USA)
Kathryn Thornton (USA)
Catherine Coleman (USA)
Michael Lopez-Alegria (USA)
Fred Leslie (USA)
Albert Sacco (USA)
Back to Earth crew:
same
225 Orbits
(Flight 73, Atlantis) docking to
Mir 15.11.1995 James Haldell
(USA)
undocking 18.11.1995
Jerry Ross (USA)
landing 20.11.1995 William McArthur (USA)
Chris Hadfield
(Canada)
Back to Earth crew:
same
128 Orbits
Space Shuttle STS-75 launch 22.02.1996 Andrew Allen (USA)
(Flight 75, Columbia) landing 09.03.1996 Scott Horowitz (USA)
Franklin Chang-Diaz
(USA)
Maurizio Cheli
(Italy)
Jeffrey Hoffman (USA)
Claude Nicollier (Switzerland)
Umberto Guidoni (Italy)
Back to Earth crew:
same
252 Orbits
Space Shuttle STS-76 launch 22.03.1996 Kevin Chilton (USA)
(Flight 76, Atlantis) docking to Mir 24.03.1996 Richard Searfoss (USA)
undocking 29.03.1996 Ronald Sega
(USA)
landing 31.03.1996 Michael Chlifford (USA)
Linda
Godwin (USA)
Shannon Lucid
(USA)
Back to Earth crew:
Kevin Chilton (USA)
Ronald Sega (USA)
Richard Searfoss (USA)
Michael Chlifford (USA)
Linda Godwin (USA)
143 Orbits
Space Shuttle STS-77 launch 19.05.1996 John Casper (USA)
(Flight 77, Endeavour) landing 29.05.1996 Curtis Brown (USA)
Daniel
Bursch (USA)
Marc Garneau (Canada)
Mario
Runco (USA)
Andrew Thomas (USA)
Back to Earth crew:
same
161 Orbits
Space Shuttle STS-78 launch 20.06.1996 Terence
Henricks (USA)
(Flight 78, Columbia) landing 07.07.1996 Kevin Kregel (USA)
Susan
Helms (USA)
Richard Linnehan (USA)
Charles Brady
(USA)
Jean-Jacques Favier (France)
Robert Thirsk (Canada)
Back to Earth crew:
same
272 Orbits
Space Shuttle STS-79 launch 16.09.1996 William Readdy (USA)
(Flight 79, Atlantis) docking to Mir 19.09.1996 Terence Wilcutt (USA)
undocking
24.09.1996 Thomas Akers (USA)
landing
26.09.1996 Jerome Apt
(USA)
Carl
Walz (USA)
Back to Earth crew:
William Readdy (USA)
Terence Wilcutt
(USA)
Thomas Akers (USA)
Jerome Apt (USA)
Carl Walz (USA)
Shannon Lucid (USA, Space Shuttle STS-76)
160 Orbits
Space Shuttle STS-80 launch 19.11.1996 Kenneth Cockrell (USA)
(Flight 80, Columbia) landing 07.12.1996 Kent Rominger (USA)
Tamara
Jernigan (USA)
Thomas Jones (USA)
Story Musgrave
(USA)
Back to Earth crew:
same
279 Orbits