Which American astronauts are scheduled to spend long duration stays aboard Mir, and what are their call signs?
(Dates from launch through landing. Projected dates for upcoming Mir astronauts) Astronaut Launch Landing Callsign Duration Norm Thagard 1 03/14/95 07/07/95 R0MIR 115 days Shannon Lucid 2 03/22/96 09/26/96 R0MIR 188 days John Blaha 3 09/16/96 01/21/97 KC5TZQ 128 days Jerry Linenger 4 01/12/97 05/24/97 KC5HBR 132 days Mike Foale 5 05/15/97 09/27/97 KB5UAC 142 days Dave Wolf 6 09/18/97 01/24/98 KC5VPF 121 days Andy Thomas 7 01/15/98 06/07/98 TBD 143 days TOTAL 970 days (note: Andy Thomas is expected to be the final American astronaut aboard Mir, but that has not been officially announced.) The NASA headquarters worldwide web page http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mir/ has a history of each cosmonaut crew which has occupied Mir. Biographies of these astronauts and cosmonauts connected with the joint U.S. – Russian programs can be found at the Johnson Space Center web page http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/.
