{"id":12998,"date":"2025-02-03T12:04:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/30-years-ago-sts-63-first-shuttle-and-mir-rendezvous-mission\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T12:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:04:48","slug":"30-years-ago-sts-63-first-shuttle-and-mir-rendezvous-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/30-years-ago-sts-63-first-shuttle-and-mir-rendezvous-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Years Ago: STS-63, First Shuttle and Mir Rendezvous Mission\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

30 Years Ago: STS-63, First Shuttle and Mir Rendezvous Mission\u00a0<\/h2>\n

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The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space Station program, space shuttle Discovery\u2019s 20th<\/sup> flight conducted the first shuttle rendezvous with the Mir space station, in preparation for future dockings. The six-person crew included Commander James Wetherbee<\/a>, Pilot Eileen Collins<\/a> \u2013 the first woman to pilot a space shuttle mission \u2013 Payload Commander Bernard Harris<\/a>, and Mission Specialists Michael Foale<\/a>, Janice Voss<\/a>, and Vladimir Titov. The spacewalk conducted during the mission included the first African American and the first British born astronauts to walk in space. The crew conducted 20 science and technology experiments aboard the third flight of the Spacehab module. The astronauts deployed and retrieved the SPARTAN-204<\/a> satellite that during its two-day free flight carried out observations of galactic objects using an ultraviolet instrument.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The STS-63 crew patch. <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n
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The STS-63 crew of Janice Voss, front row left, Eileen Collins, James Wetherbee, and Vladimir Titov; Bernard Harris, back row left, and Michael Foale.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n
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The Shuttle-Mir program patch. <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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