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Phase One of the
International
Space Station Program
.....In
preparation for assembly and operation of the
International Space Station, NASA and the Russian Space
Agency cooperated in a series of missions using the U.S.
Space Shuttle and the Russian Space Station Mir to garner
operational experience and to conduct early scientific
experiments.
.....Commencing in February
1994, the Shuttle-Mir program, also known as Phase I of
the International Space Station program, consisted of a
series of Space Shuttle-Mir rendezvous and docking
missions and stays of seven U.S. astronauts on the
Russian Mir space station. Nine Russian cosmonauts flew
on the Space Shuttle during Phase I. The Phase I program
concluded in June 1998.
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