Mir-NASA program

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US-Russia space cooperation initiative international cooperation program spaceflight program

The Mir-NASA program was a collaborative spaceflight initiative in the 1990s that sent American astronauts to live and work aboard Russia’s Mir space station, paving the way for later International Space Station cooperation.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Mir space station program	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	US-Russia space cooperation initiative ⓘ international cooperation program ⓘ spaceflight program ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decade	1990s ⓘ
endTime	1998 ⓘ
feature	Shuttle-Mir dockings NERFINISHED ⓘ long-duration US astronaut stays on Mir ⓘ
field	human spaceflight ⓘ space science ⓘ
followedBy	International Space Station program NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal	conduct scientific research in microgravity ⓘ develop interoperability of spacecraft systems ⓘ long-duration human spaceflight experience for NASA ⓘ prepare for International Space Station cooperation ⓘ test joint operations between US and Russian space agencies ⓘ
involvedActivity	joint crew training ⓘ joint mission planning ⓘ joint spacewalks ⓘ
location	low Earth orbit ⓘ
notableMission	STS-71 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-74 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-76 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-79 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-81 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-84 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-86 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-89 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-91 NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscosmos NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Apollo-Soyuz Test Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
sentAstronaut	Andrew Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ David Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Linenger NERFINISHED ⓘ John Blaha NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Foale NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Thagard NERFINISHED ⓘ Shannon Lucid NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	paved the way for ISS partnership between the United States and Russia ⓘ
spaceStation	Mir NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1994 ⓘ
usedSpacecraft	Progress cargo spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Endeavour NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Mir EO-21 → program → Mir-NASA program ⓘ

Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center → trainingForProgram → Mir-NASA program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mir space station program