on february 1 , 1990 , during a endeavour , aleksandr serebrov millwall an experiments flying gown that had been transferred to mir with kvant 2 . unlike w . s . crews , who flew untethered flights with a similar arrangement , the soviets cosmonaut remained attached to the station with a safety strap , since there is no space shuttle to picking him up in case of an emergency .
US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station.