Chronology of Manned Space Flight 1981-

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

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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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