1994 
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February
3 - 11
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STS-60: First Cosmonaut on the Shuttle
Sergei K. Krikalev was the first Cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle.
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1995
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February
3 - 11
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STS-63: First Rendezvous with Mir
With Cosmonaut Vladimir Titov aboard, Discovery rendezvoused with Mir, closed to within 37 feet, and performed a fly-around, but did not dock.
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March 14
- July 7
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Thagard Increment: First Astronaut on Mir
Astronaut Norman Thagard launched with Cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov aboard a Russian Soyuz to spend 115 days on Mir.
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June 27
- July 7
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STS-71: First Docking
Atlantis performed the first shuttle docking with Mir; delivered a replacement crew -- cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin -- and returned Dezhurov, Strekalov, and Thagard to Earth.
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November
12 - 20
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STS-74: A New Docking Module
The first shuttle assembly flight to Mir, it carried a Russian-built, U.S.-funded docking module with two attached solar arrays.
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1996
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March
22 - 31
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STS-76: Starting a Continuous U.S. Presence
This mission carried Shannon Lucid to Mir, demonstrated logistics capabilities with a Spacehab module, and placed experiment packages on Mir's docking module during a spacewalk.
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March 22
- August 26
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Lucid Increment: One for the Records
Shannon Lucid began the continuous U.S. presence on Mir and set a U.S. single spaceflight record of 188 days. The Priroda module, with about 2,200 pounds of U.S. science hardware, was docked to Mir.
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August
16 - 26
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STS-79: Blaha Succeeds Lucid
This mission included a double Spacehab module. It brought Lucid home and replaced her with John Blaha.
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August 16
January 22, 1997
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Blaha Increment: Keeping it Going
Blaha spent four months with the Mir-22 Cosmonaut crew conducting material science, fluid science, and life science research.
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1997
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January
12 - 22
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STS-81: Linenger Succeeds Blaha
On this mission, Jerry Linenger replaced Blaha.
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January 12
- May 24
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Linenger Increment: A Spacewalk and a Fire
Linenger conducted the first spacewalk by a U.S. astronaut wearing a Russian spacesuit, and experienced the onboard fire in February.
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May
15 - 24
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STS-84: Foale Succeeds Linenger
This mission carried up Linenger's replacement Mike Foale, along with Russian mission specialist Elena V. Kondakova.
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May 15
- September 25
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Foale Increment: Collision and Recovery
Foale experienced the collision with the Progress, which damaged the Spektr module and caused the loss of some science experiments. A remarkable salvage and replanning effort by Foale and the science community maximized the scientific return. Foale conducted a spacewalk with Anatoly Solovyev to survey damage to the Spektr module.
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September 25
- October 6
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STS-86: Wolf Succeeds Foale
David Wolf boarded Mir with this mission replacing, Foale. Astronaut Scott Parazynski and cosmonaut Vladimir Titov conducted a joint spacewalk, the first in which a Russian wore a U.S. spacesuit.
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September 25 -
Jan. 31, 1998
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Wolf Increment: Back Toward Normal
Wolf conducted a spacewalk in January with cosmonaut Solovyev to conduct scientific experiments.
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1998
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January
22 - 31
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STS-89: Thomas Succeeds Wolf
This mission replaced Wolf with Andy Thomas. The flight also carried cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov to Mir.
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January 22
- June 12
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Thomas Increment: Smoothest Sailing
Thomas studied meteorology, ocean biochemistry, and human adaptation to microgravity.
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June
2 - 12
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STS-91: Closing Out Shuttle-Mir
This mission picked up Thomas and conducted scientific investigations. Phase 1 came to a close.
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