#shuttle-mir

[base-block]

I was inspired to make my own astronaut text posts with the shuttle-mir guys

[apocaloidae]

Best friends yay !! Mir EO23 + STS81 crew

[un-ionizetheradlab]

the mir existence of this photo

@mixednotmatched​ said: He looks like he was experimented on.

He really does! But who were the experimenters, these nerds? ;)

Well, maybe Blaha’s crewmates made fun of him for wearing literal jorts in space.

Gotta say though, Blaha looks a lil’ flustered, sitting in between these Russian cosmonaut hotties. I’d sure feel flustered if I was in his place....😛

[un-ionizetheradlab]

By the time Americans arrived on Mir—nearly a decade into its life—the station had become cluttered with used-up and broken equipment and floating bags of trash. During Mir’s lifetime, no adequate remedy was ever developed to deal with the stowage situation. Mir looked like a metal rabbit warren, or, as Mike Foale put it, "a bit like a frat house, but more organized and better looked after."

[simonh]

STS-91 Landing by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: The Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-91 mission landed on June 12, 1998 at the Kennedy Space Center. The landing marked the end of the Shuttle-Mir program and an 812-day continuous U.S. presence in space. NASA Media Usage Guidelines Credit: NASA Image Number: sts091-s-033 Date: June 12, 1998

[rjbailey]

STS-71 Landing by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-71 mission lands at Kennedy Space Center on July 7, 1995. STS-71 was the first shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir. Image Number: sts071-s-070 Date: July 7, 1995

[rjbailey]

STS-91 Landing by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: The Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-91 mission landed on June 12, 1998 at the Kennedy Space Center. The landing marked the end of the Shuttle-Mir program and an 812-day continuous U.S. presence in space. Image # : sts091-s-033 Date: June 12, 1998