Mir EO-21
| Mission type | Mir expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 193.8 days (Onufrienko, Usachyov) (launch to landing) |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | Mir |
| Began | 21 February 1996 |
| Ended | 2 September 1996 |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TM-23 STS-76 (Lucid) Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz TM-23 STS-79 Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 (February-March) 3 (March-September) |
| Members | Yuri Onufrienko Yury Usachov Shannon Lucid* (from March) * - Transferred to EO-22 |
| Callsign | Skif |
|
Yury Usachov, Yuri Onufrienko, Shannon Lucid Long-term Mir expeditions | |
Mir EO-21 was a long-duration mission aboard the Russian Space station Mir, which occurred between February and September 1996. The crew consisted of two Russian cosmonauts, Commander Yuri Onufrienko and Yury Usachov, as well as American astronaut Shannon Lucid. Lucid arrived at the station about a month into the expedition, and left about a week following its conclusion; NASA refers to her mission as NASA-2. She was the second American to have a long-duration stay aboard Mir, the first being Norman Thagard, as a crew member of Mir EO-18; he stayed on the station for 111 days. Some sources refer to her mission as Mir NASA-1, claiming that she was the first American to have a long-duration stay aboard Mir.