Overview
STS-89 launched on January 22, 1998 with crew member Andy Thomas, who was the seventh and last U.S. Mir astronaut. He replaced U.S. Mir astronaut David Wolf, and he returned to Earth with STS-91, on June 12, 1998, having spent 141 days in orbit. He first joined Russian Mir-24 crewmembers Anatoly Solovyev and Pavel Vinogradov, and they were soon replaced by Mir-25 crew members Talgat Musabayev and Nikolai Budarin, who launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on January 28, 1998. French researcher Leopold Eyharts was onboard during the 3-week handover.

Crew List
Anatoly Solovyev
Pavel Vinogradov
Talgat Musabayev
Nikolai Budarin
Leopold Eyharts
Andy Thomas

Crew Biographies
Mir-24 Weekly Reports
Mir-25 Weekly Reports
Interviews

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