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STS-60
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Thagard Increment
Thagard on Selection
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Thagard on Launching in Soyuz
Thagard on Soyuz Docking
Thagard on Long-Duration Spaceflight
Thagard on "Space Sickness"
Thagard on "Washing Up"
Thagard on Returning to Gravity
STS-71
STS-74
STS-76
Lucid Increment
Lucid in Scientific American
Lucid on Communications
Lucid on "Family Time"
Lucid on Being an Astronaut
Lucid on Books on Mir
Lucid on ISS Science Needs
Lucid on Language
Lucid on Life on Mir
Lucid on Mir Clothing
Lucid on Physical Expercise
Lucid on Training in Russia
Lucid on Treatment of Women
Lucid Postflight Conference
Lucid Letter "Pink socks. . ."
Lucid Letter on EVAs
Lucid Mir Crew Conference
STS-79
Blaha Increment
Blaha on a Day on Mir
Blaha on EVAs
Blaha on Increments' Differences
Blaha on Launch and Docking
Blaha on Life after Mir
Blaha on Life in Russia
Blaha on Mir Environment
Blaha on Progress Arrival
Blaha on the View from Mir
Blaha on Training
Blaha on Workload
STS-81
Linenger Increment
The Fire: News Release
Culbertson on the Fire
Linenger's Letters to his Son
STS-84
Foale Increment
The Collision
Foale on the Collision
Foale on the "Spin" after Collision
Precourt on the Collision
Foale on Black Sea Training
Foale Describing the Space Shuttle and Mir
Foale on Benefit of Phase 1
Foale on Communications
Foale on Doing "Dirty" Work
Foale on Fire and "Near Miss"
Foale on Going to Mir
Foale on his EVA
Foale on Life in Russia
Foale on Life on Mir
STS-86
Wolf Increment
Wolf: Letter Home from Mir
Wolf on "Flight Docs"
Wolf on Communications
Wolf on Doing "Dirty" Work
Wolf on EVA
Wolf on Increments' Differences
Wolf on Language and ISS
Wolf on Mir Safety
Wolf on Mir Science
Wolf on Replacing Lawrence
Wolf on Training
STS-89
Thomas Increment
Thomas: Letters from the Outpost
The Flight Begins
Rendezvous and Docking
First Days on Mir
A Typical Day on Mir
The View from Space
Thomas on Mir Safety
Thomas on "Crowded" Mir
Thomas on Adapting to Microgravity
Thomas on Being Left on Mir
Thomas on Books on Mir
Thomas on Communications
Thomas on Explorers
Thomas on Increments' Differences
Thomas on Leaving Mir
Thomas on Mir Experience
Thomas on Mir Food
Thomas on Mir Recreation
Thomas on Russian Culture
Thomas on Training
Thomas on Value of Shuttle-Mir
Thomas on Last View of Mir
STS-91
Mir ExpeditionsScience
Advanced Technologies
Experiments List:
ASTROCULTURE (ASC)
Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA #1 & #2)
Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG)
Liquid Motion Experiment (LME)
Materials in Devices as Superconductors (MIDAS)
Optizon Liquid Phase Sintering Experiments X-ray Detector Test (XDT)
Earth Sciences
Experiments List:
Mir Window Survey Visual Earth Observations (OBS)
Watershed Hydrologic Studies
Fundamental Biology
Experiments List:
Active Dosimetry of Charged Particles
Biorack Experiments
Cellular Mechanisms of Space Flight-Specific Stress to Plants (BRIC)
Developmental Analysis of Seeds Grown on Mir
Effective Dose Measurement at EVA
Effects of Gravity on Insect Circadian Rhythmicity
Environmental Radiation Measurements on Mir Space Station
Greenhouse - Integrated Plant Experiments on Mir (Phase 1A)
Greenhouse - Integrated Plant Experiments on Mir
Incubator - Integrated Quail Experiments on Mir (Phase 1A)
Incubator - Integrated Quail Experiments on Mir
Standard Interface Glovebox Operations (SIGB)
Human Life Sciences
Cardiovascular Studies
Experiments List:
Cardiovascular Investigations
Evaluation of Thermoregulation during Long-Duration Space Flight
Gas Analyzer System for Metabolic Analysis Physiology
Maximal Aerobic Capacity Using Graded Bicycle Ergometry
Physiological Responses during Descent of the Space Shuttle
Studies of Mechanisms Underlying Orthostatic Intolerance
Using Ambulatory Monitoring, Baroreflex Testing, and the Valsalva Maneuver
Studies on Orthostatic Tolerance with the Use of LBNP
Endocrinology
Experiments List:
Fluid and Electrolyte Homeostasis
Protein Metabolism during Long-Term Space Flight
Renal Stone Risk Assessment during Long-Duration Space Flight (Phase 1A)
Renal Stone Risk Assessment during Long-Duration Space Flight
Hematology
Experiments List:
Metabolic Response to Exercise
Metabolism of Red Blood Cells
Red Blood Cell Mass and Survival
Human Factors
Experiments List:
Crewmember and Crew-Ground Interactions during NASA-Mir
The Effectiveness of Manual Control during Simulation of Flight Tasks
Immunology
Experiments List:
Assessment of Humoral Immune Function during Long-Duration Space Flight (Phase 1A)
Assessment of Humoral Immune Function during Long-Duration Space Flight
Phenotypic and Functional Analysis of Peripheral Mononuclear Cells during Long-Duration Space Flight
Viral Reactivation
Microbiology
Experiments List:
Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds on Mir Station
Collecting Mir Source and Reclaimed Water for Postflight Analysis
Microbiological Investigations of the Mir Space Station and Flight Crew (Phase 1A)
Microbiological Investigations of the Mir Space Station and Flight Crew
Trace Chemical Contamination: Air Quality
Trace Chemical Contamination: Water Quality
Muscles and Bones
Experiments List:
Bone Mineral Loss and Recovery after Shuttle-Mir Flights
Dynamics of Calcium Metabolism and Bone Tissue
Evaluation of Skeletal Muscle Performance and Characteristics (Phase 1A)
Evaluation of Skeletal Muscle Performance and Characteristics
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) after Exposure to Microgravity
Morphological, Histochemical and Ultrastructural Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle
Neuroscience
Experiments List:
Alterations in Postural Equilibrium Control Associated with Long-Duration Space Flight
Anticipatory Postural Activity (Posa) (Phase 1A)
Anticipatory Postural Activity (Posa)
Biomechanics of Movement during Locomotion
The Effects of Long-Duration Space Flight on Eye, Head and Trunk Coordination during Locomotion
The Effects of Long-Duration Space Flight on Gaze Control
Eye-Head Coordination during Target Acquisition
Frames of Reference for Sensorimotor Transformations
Sleep Investigations
Pharmacology
Experiments List:
Physiologic Alterations and Pharmacokinetic Changes during Space Flight
Radiation Studies
Experiments List:
Cytogenetic Effects of Space Radiation in Human Lymphocytes
Inflight Radiation Measurements
ISS Risk Mitigation
Experiments List:
Active Rack Isolation Systems (ARIS)
Cosmic Radiation and Effects Activation Monitor (CREAM)
Enhanced Dynamic Load Sensors (EDLS) on Mir
Inventory Management System (IMS)
Micrometeoroid/Debris Photo Survey of Mir Mir Audible Noise Measurement (MANM)
Mir Electric Field Characterization (MEFC)
Mir Enviromental Effects Payload (MEEP)
Mir Structural Dynamics Experiment (MiSDE)
Mir Wireless Network Experiment (MWNE)
Optical Properties Monitor (OPM)
Orbital Debris Collector (ODC)
Passive Optical Sample Assembly (POSA-1)
Passive Optical Sample Assembly (POSA-2)
Polish Plate Micrometeoroid Debris (PPMD) Collector
Radiation Monitoroing Equipment - III
Real-Time Radiation Monitoring Device (RRMD)
Shuttle-Mir Alignment Stability Experiment (SMASE)
Space Portable Spectroreflectometer (SPSR)
Test of PCS Hardware Water
Microbiological Monitoring (WMM)
Life Support Risk Mitigation
Experiments List:
Crew Medical Restraint System (CMRS)
Volatile Organics Analyzer (VOA)
Volatile Removal Assembly (VRA)
Water Quality Monitor (WQM)
Microgravity
Experiments List:
Ambient Diffusion Controlled Protein Crytal Growth (DCAM)
Angular Liquid Bridge Experiment (ALB) - MGBX
Binary Colloidal Alloy Tests (BCAT #1 & #2) - MGBX
Biochemistry of 3-D Tissue Engineering (BIO3D) - BTS
Biotechnology System (BTS)
Coculture Biotechnology System (BTS)
Diagnostic Experiment Reflight Biotechnology System (BTS)
Facility Operations Canadian Protein Crystallization Experiment (CAPE) - MIM
Candle Flame in Microgravity (CFM) - MGBX
Cartilage in Space - BTS
Colloidal Gelatin (CGEL)
Forced Flow Flame Spreading Test (FFFT) - MGBX
Interface Configuration Experiment (ICE) - MGBX
Interferometric Study of Protein Crystal Growth (IPCG) - MGBX
Liquid Metal Diffusion Experiment (LMD) - MIM
Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM)
Microgravity Glovebox (MGBX) Facility Operations
Microgravity Isolation Mount (MIM) Facility Operations
Opposed Flame Flow Spread on Cylindrical Surfaces (OFFS) - MGBX
Passive Accelerometer System (PAS) - MGBX
Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) GN2 Dewar (Phase 1A)
Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) GN2 Dewar
Queen's University Experiment in Liquid Diffusion (QUELD) - MIM
Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System (STES) - Protein Crystal Growth (PCG)/Vapor
Diffusion Apparatus (VDA-2) Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) Operations (Phase 1A)
Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) Operations
Technological Evaluation of MIM (TEM #1 & #2)
Space Sciences
Experiments List:
Mir Sample Return Experiment (MSRE)
Particle Impact Experiment (PIE)
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Orbiter
Space Shuttle Components
Space Shuttle Sub-Systems
NASA's Orbiter Fleet
Development History of Space Shuttle
A Typical Shuttle Mission
Spacehab
Mir Space Station
Mir's Spaceflight Records
Mir Modules
Mir Core Module
Kvant-1 Module
Kvant-2 Module
Kristall Module
Spektr Module
Priroda Module
Docking Module
Soyuz
Soyuz in Pravda
Progress Supply Vehicle
Progress Detailed Description
MEEPPeople
U.S. Mir Residents
Norman E. Thagard
Shannon W. Lucid
John E. Blaha
Jerry Linenger
C. Michael Foale
David A. Wolf
Andrew S. W. Thomas
Astronauts
Charles F. Bolden
James D. Wetherbee
Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson
Kenneth D. Cameron
Kevin P. Chilton
William F. Readdy
Michael A. Baker
Charles J. Precourt
Terrence W. Wilcutt
Cosmonauts
Sergei K. Krikalev
Vladimir G. Titov
Elena V. Kondakova
Vladimir Dezhurov
Gennady Strekalov
Anatoly Solovyev
Nikolai Budarin
Yuri Gidzenko
Sergei Avdeyev
Yuri Onufriyenko
Yury Usachev
Valeri Korzun
Alexander Kaleri
Vasily Tsibliev
Aleksandr Lazutkin
Pavel Vinogradov
Salizhan S. Sharipov
Talgat Musabayev
Teams
Frank L. Culbertson, Jr.
Valery V. Ryumin
George W. S. Abbey
Boris Artemov
Aleksandr P. Aleksandrov
James R. "Jim" Nise
Boris D. Ostroumov
Aleksandr Botvinko
Yuri N. Glaskov
Michael R. Barratt
Roger D. Billica
Victor D. Blagov
Valeri V. Bogomolov
Travis R. Brice
Randy Brinkley
William C. "Charlie" Brown
Tommy E. Capps
Jeffrey A. Cardenas
Robert E. "Bob" Castle
Sharon Castle
John B. Charles
Christine A. Chiodo
Tom E. Cremins
Sally P. Davis
Paul F. Dye
Philip L. "Phil" Engelauf
Joe H. Engle
Christopher F. Flynn
Richard K. Fullerton
Scott D. Gahring
William H. Gerstenmaier
Jessie M. Gilmore
Daniel S. Goldin
Valeri V. Grigoriev
Bob Hesselmeyer
Albert W. "Al" Holland
Carolyn Huntoon
Dan Jacobs
Brent W. Jett, Jr.
Gary W. Johnson
Gaylen Johnson
Yuri Kargopolov
Gary H. Kitmacher
Oleg N. Lebedev
Anatoli V. Lomanov
Michael E. Lopez-Alegria
Thomas H. Marshburn
Isaac W. "Caasi" Moore
Patricia "Patti" Moore
Valeri V. Morgun
Donald S. Noah
Richard W. "Rick" Nygren
Sam L. Pool
Debra Rahn
Lisa M. Reed
William D. "Bill" Reeves
Jerry Ross
George W. Sandars
Anthony C. Sang
Ronald M. Sega
Vladimir Semyachkin
Boris I. Sotnikov
Vladimir A. Solovyev
Charles Stegemoeller
Oleg Tsygankov
Valeri A. Udaloy
John J. Uri
James Van Laak
Pavel M. Vorobiev
Keith E. Zimmerman
Oral Histories
Shuttle-Mir Stories
Thagard on Selection
Thagard on Training
Thagard on Language Training
Thagard on Testing
Thagard on Cold War "Irony"
Thagard on Launching in Soyuz
Thagard on Soyuz Docking
Thagard on Long-Duration Spaceflight
Thagard on "Space Sickness"
Thagard on "Washing Up"
Thagard on Returning to Gravity
Lucid in Scientific American
Lucid on Communications
Lucid on "Family Time"
Lucid on Being an Astronaut
Lucid on Books on Mir
Lucid on ISS Science Needs
Lucid on Language
Lucid on Life on Mir
Lucid on Mir Clothing
Lucid on Physical Expercise
Lucid on Training in Russia
Lucid on Treatment of Women
Lucid Postflight Conference
Lucid Letter "Pink socks. . ."
Lucid Letter on EVAs
Lucid Mir Crew Conference
Blaha on a Day on Mir
Blaha on EVAs
Blaha on Increments' Differences
Blaha on Launch and Docking
Blaha on Life after Mir
Blaha on Life in Russia
Blaha on Mir Environment
Blaha on Progress Arrival
Blaha on the View from Mir
Blaha on Training
Blaha on Workload
Foale on the Collision
Foale on the "Spin" after Collision
Precourt on the Collision
Foale on Black Sea Training
Foale Describing the Space Shuttle and Mir
Foale on Benefit of Phase 1
Foale on Communications
Foale on Doing "Dirty" Work
Foale on Fire and "Near Miss"
Foale on Going to Mir
Foale on his EVA
Foale on Life in Russia
Foale on Life on Mir
Wolf: Letter Home from Mir
Wolf on "Flight Docs"
Wolf on Communications
Wolf on Doing "Dirty" Work
Wolf on EVA
Wolf on Increments' Differences
Wolf on Language and ISS
Wolf on Mir Science
Wolf on Replacing Lawrence
Wolf on Training
Wolf on Mir Safety
Thomas: Letters from the Outpost
The Flight Begins
Rendezvous and Docking
First Days on Mir
A Typical Day on Mir
The View from Space
Thomas on Mir Safety
Thomas on "Crowded" Mir
Thomas on Adapting to Microgravity
Thomas on Being Left on Mir
Thomas on Books on Mir
Thomas on Communications
Thomas on Explorers
Thomas on Increments' Differences
Thomas on Leaving Mir
Thomas on Mir Experience
Thomas on Mir Food
Thomas on Mir Recreation
Thomas on Russian Culture
Thomas on Training
Thomas on Value of Shuttle-Mir
Thomas on Seeing Shuttle
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STS-91
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