STS-63 was the second mission of the U.S.-Russian Shuttle–Mir program and the 20th flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. Dubbed the "Near-Mir" mission, it achieved the first rendezvous between an American Space Shuttle and Russia's space station, Mir.

Feb 3, 1995 · Referred to as the "near Mir" mission, STS-63 had special importance as a dress rehearsal for the missions that would rendezvous and dock with Mir. Discovery approached within 12.2 meters of Mir, then backed off to 122 meters and performed a fly-around.

Feb 3, 2025 · 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’s 20 th flight conducted the first shuttle rendezvous with the Mir space station, in …

Mar 27, 2020 · STS -63's primary objective was to perform a rendezvous and fly around the Russian space station Mir.

Two astronauts Mike Foale and the first African-American spacewalker, Bernard Harris conducted an extravehicular activity (EVA) that tested new equipment and demonstrated how well an …

Sep 28, 1994 · One of Discovery’s primary objectives was a rendezvous with the Russian Mir Space Station, in a dress rehearsal for an upcoming docking mission. The rendezvous effort was initially complicated by leaks in three of 44 Reaction Control System thrusters used to maneuver the Shuttle while in orbit.

The primary objectives of the STS-63 mission were to perform the Mir rendezvous operations, accomplish the Spacehab-3 experiments, and deploy and retrieve the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy-204 (SPARTAN-204) payload.

Feb 3, 1995 · STS-63 was the first Shuttle flight of 1995 and included several history-making achievements: First flight of a female Shuttle pilot (Eileen M. Collins) and, as part of Phase I of international space station program, the second flight of a Russian cosmonaut (Vladimar Titov) on a Shuttle misson, and first approach and flyaround by a Shuttle with ...

STS-63's primary objective was to perform a rendezvous and fly around of the Russian space station MIR. The objectives of the MIR Rendezvous/Flyby are to verify flight techniques, communications and navigation aid sensor interfaces, and engineering analyses associated with Shuttle/Mir proximity operations in preparation for the STS-71 docking ...

The STS-63 Space Shuttle Program MIssion Report summarizes the Payload activities and provides detailed data on the Orbiter, External Tank (ET), Solid Rocket Booster (SRB), Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM), and the Space Shuttle main engine (SSME) systems performance dUring thiS sixty-seventh flight of the Space Shuttle Program, the forty ...