Overview
Jerry Linenger launched with Space Shuttle mission STS-81 on January 12,
1997, to replace U.S. Mir astronaut John Blaha. He remained on Mir until
he returned with STS-84 on May 24, 1997, after a total of 132 days in
orbit -- the longest duration flight of an American male to date. Linenger
joined Russian Mir-22 crewmembers Valeri Korzun and Alexander Kaleri,
who stayed onboard Mir until after the Mir-23 crew of Vasily Tsibliev
and Aleksandr Lazutkin arrived with German astronaut Reinhold Ewald. Ewald
and the Mir-22 crew returned to Earth onboard a Soyuz on March 2, 1997.
Crew
List
Valeri
Korzun
Alexander
Kaleri
Vasily
Tsibliev
Aleksandr Lazutkin
Reinhold Ewald
Jerry
Linenger
Crew
Biographies
Mir-22 Weekly Reports
Mir-23 Weekly Reports
Interviews
