NASA - Foale Breaks U.S. Space Flight Record Foale Breaks U.S. Space Flight Record 12.09.03 Image above: NASA Astronaut Michael Foale is the new record holder for most cumulative time in space by a U.S. astronaut. As each day passes during the remainder of his stay aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale will continue to add to an impressive U.S. space flight record. At 1:47 p.m. EST Dec. 8, Foale surpassed Carl Walz with the most cumulative time in space for a U.S. astronaut. Walz has spent 230 days, 13 hours, 3 minutes and 37 seconds in space. To mark the occasion, Foale received a call from Walz, who was at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., moments before the record fell. Walz congratulated Foale on the accomplishment. "Records are meant to be broken," Walz said. "I am certainly glad that after your pioneering efforts on Mir that you had a chance to break this record." Foale is currently in the middle of his sixth mission in space, which began Oct.

18 with the launch of the ISS Soyuz 7 spacecraft. He is on the Station with Russian Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, who is serving as Expedition 8's flight engineer. If his stay in space concludes as scheduled in late April 2004, Foale will have amassed 375 days in space. Image above: STS-103 Astronauts C. Michael Foale (left) and Claude Nicollier hover above Discovery's aft cargo bay during their shared space walk to perform servicing tasks on the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999. His first flight occurred in 1992 when he flew on STS-45 as a mission specialist. STS-45 was the first of the ATLAS series of missions to study the atmosphere and solar interactions. He was a mission specialist on the second ATLAS mission, STS-56, in 1993. He made his third trip into space and his first of two trips to the Russian Mir Space Station in 1995 with STS-63. It was the first time a Space Shuttle rendezvoused with Mir.

During his second trip to Mir in May 1997, not only did STS-84 dock with the Russian station, but Foale remained behind for a 4.5-month tour of duty. He returned to Earth with STS-86 in October. Foale's fifth trip occurred in 1999 as a member of the STS-103 crew. This mission was the third to visit the Hubble Space Telescope for servicing. The STS-103 crew installed new equipment and performed other maintenance tasks to upgrade the space-based observatory. Prior to Expedition 8, Foale had accumulated 178 days in space and conducted three spacewalks, totaling 18 hours and 49 minutes. Walz, a veteran of four space flights, holds the U.S. single space flight endurance record with Expedition 4 crewmate Dan Bursch. They stayed in space for 196 days from December 2001 to June 2002. Bursch is also third on the U.S. list for cumulative space flight time with 227 days. The previous record for the longest single U.S.

space flight was held by Astronaut Shannon Lucid, who lived on Mir for 188 days in 1996, a mission that still is the world record for the longest single space flight by a woman. She also holds the cumulative record for time in space by a woman with 223 days in space on five flights. Kaleri is also among the most experienced space travelers. By the end of Expedition 8, Kaleri will have logged 610 days in orbit on four flights, placing him fifth on the all-time space endurance list. Another Russian cosmonaut, Sergei Avdeyev, holds the all-time record for time spent in space, with 748 days accumulated on three flights. Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov set the world single-flight endurance record in 1995, when he completed a 438-day mission on Mir. Record-Setting Female Astronaut Shannon Lucid Leaving NASA Record-Setting Female Astronaut Shannon Lucid Leaving NASA By SPACE.com Staff | February 3, 2012 07:00am ET MORE During off-duty time in the Spacehab Module, astronaut Shannon W.

Lucid uses the microgravity of space to fabricate her own kind of easy chair as the days of her lengthy Russian Mir Space Station stay as a cosmonaut guest researcher come to a close in September 1996. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, the only American woman to live aboard the Russian Mir space station, and a member of NASA's first astronaut class to include women, has retired after a long and outstanding career at the agency. Lucid's time at NASA spans more than three decades, which includes five spaceflights. In total, she has logged 5,354 hours, or more than 223 days, in space, agency officials said in a statement. From August 1991 to June 2007, Lucid also held the international record for the most days spent in orbit by any woman. Lucid is the only American woman to have lived and worked on the Russian Mir space station . Her stay lasted more than 188 days, which was the longest mission of any American aboard that former orbiting outpost.

Lucid's time on Mir also made her the record holder for the longest single flight by a woman, but this milestone was later surpassed by Sunita Williams in 2006. Lucid then served as NASA's Chief Scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. from 2002 to 2003, before returning to the Johnson Space Center. [ Biggest Human Spaceflight Records of All Time ] Among other duties as part of the Astronaut Office, Lucid frequently served as the capsule communicator on space station and space shuttle missions, and many will likely remember her distinctively cheerful voice as the go-between for the crews and Mission Control. "Shannon is an extraordinary woman and scientist," Peggy Whitson, chief of NASA's Astronaut Office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, said in a statement. "She paved the way for so many of us. She was a model astronaut for long-duration missions , and whether she was flying hundreds of miles up in space or serving as Capcom [capsule communicator] during the overnight hours for our space shuttle and space station crews, she always brought a smile to our faces.

Like so many others, I always will look up to her." Lucid was selected by NASA in 1978, and graduated with five other women as the agency's first female astronauts. Her first three shuttle missions, STS-51G in 1985, STS-34 in 1989, and STS-43 in 1991, deployed satellites, including the Galileo spacecraft to explore Jupiter. Her fourth shuttle mission, STS-58 in 1991, was designed to conduct a series of medical experiments and engineering tests. In March 1996, Lucid visited Mir aboard the space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-76 mission. There, she performed a variety of science experiments before returning aboard Atlantis in September 1996 on the STS-79 mission. Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook . Manned Space Flights MANNED SPACE FLIGHTS First manned space flight (1 orbit). Mercury-Redstone 3 (USA) First American in space (suborbital). Freedom 7.

Mercury-Redstone 4 (USA) Second suborbital flight; spacecraft sank, Grissom rescued. Liberty Bell 7. Vostok 2 (USSR) First flight longer than 24 hours (17 orbits). Mercury-Atlas 6 (USA) First American in orbit (3 orbits); telemetry falsely indicated heatshield unlatched. Friendship 7. Mercury-Atlas 7 (USA) Initiated space flight experiments; manual retrofire error caused 250 mile landing overshoot. Aurora 7. Vostok 3 (USSR) First twinned flight, with Vostok 4. Vostok 4 (USSR) First twinned flight. On first orbit came within 3 miles of Vostok 3. Mercury-Atlas 8 (USA) 3-Oct-62 09h:13m Developed techniques for long duration missions (6 orbits); closest splashdown to target to date (4.5 miles). Sigma 7. Mercury-Atlas 9 (USA) 16-May-63 1d:10h:20m First U.S.

evaluation of effects of one day in space (22 orbits); performed manual reentry after systems failure, landing 4 miles from target. Faith 7. Vostok 5 (USSR) Second twinned flight, with Vostok 6. Vostok 6 (USSR) First woman in space; passed within 3 miles of Vostok 5. X-15, Flight 90 (USA) First rocket-powered aircraft to reach space (FAI definition); sub-orbital reaching 347,800 feet (106,010 m) altitude. X-15, Flight 91 (USA) Rocket-powered aircraft; sub-orbital reaching 354,200 feet (107,960 m) altitude. Voskhod 1 (USSR) Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feoktistov, Boris Yegorov 12-Oct-64 Modified Vostok; first three man crew in space; first without space suits.

Voskhod 2 (USSR) Modified Vostok; first spacewalk by Leonov (10 min) via inflatable airlock. Gemini 3 (USA) 23-Mar-65 04h:53m First American two man crew; first piloted spacecraft to change its orbital path; first computer, allowing onboard calculation of maneuvers. Gemini 4 (USA) 7-Jun-65 4d:01h:56m First American spacewalk by White (21 min); first US 4-day flight; manual reentry made after computer failure. Gemini 5 (USA) First use of fuel cells for electric power; evaluated guidance and navigation system. Gemini 7 (USA) 18-Dec-65 13d:18h:35m Longest US flight for 8 years (206 orbits), record until Soyuz 9; rendezvous with Gemini 6. Gemini 6 (USA) First manned rendezvous, to within 2 feet of Gemini 7 (as planned Agena was lost).

Gemini 8 (USA) 17-Mar-66 10h:41m First docking (with Agena) of one space vehicle with another; emergency reentry after control malfunction; first Pacific landing. Gemini 9 (USA) 6-Jun-66 3d:00h:21m 127 min EVA by Cernan; rendezvous but no docking with target; landed 1/2 mile from recovery ship. Gemini 10 (USA) 21-Jul-66 2d:22h:47m Docked with Agena 10 and used engine to attain record 474 mile (763 km) altitude; rendezvous with Agena 8; 39 min EVA + 49 min SEVA by Collins.

Gemini 11 (USA) 15-Sep-66 2d:23h:17m Used Agena engine to attain record 850 mile (1369 km) altitude; 33 min EVA + 128 min SEVA by Gordon; connected Gemini and Agena by tether; first automatic computer-guided reentry. Gemini 12 (USA) 15-Nov-66 3d:22h:35m Final Gemini mission; Agena docking; 126 min EVA + 2 SEVA totaling 204 min by Aldrin; first work carried out during a EVA; automatic computer-guided reentry. Soyuz 1 (USSR) Retroparachute failed to open, causing cosmonaut to be killed. Apollo 7 (USA) Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, Walter Cunningham 11-Oct-68 22-Oct-68 10d:20h:09m First piloted flight of Apollo spacecraft, command-service module only; first US 3-man flight; live TV footage of crew.

Soyuz 3 (USSR) Rendezvous with unmanned Soyuz 2. Apollo 8 (USA) Frank Borman, James Lovell, William Anders 21-Dec-68 27-Dec-68 6d:03h:01m First manned lunar orbit and piloted lunar return reentry (CSM only); first manned Saturn V; views of lunar surface televised to Earth. Soyuz 4 (USSR) Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei Yeliseyev (down), Yevgeni Khrunov (down) 14-Jan-69 First docking of two piloted spacecraft, with Soyuz 5. Soyuz 5 (USSR) Boris Volynov, Aleksei Yeliseyev (up), Yevgeni Khrunov (up) 15-Jan-69 Docked with Soyuz 4; Yeliseyev and Khrunov transfered by EVA to Soyuz 4.

Apollo 9 (USA) James McDivitt, David Scott, Russell Schweickart 3-Mar-69 13-Mar-69 10d:01h:01m First piloted flight of lunar module (Earth orbit); 46 min Schweickart EVA tested lunar suit + 61 min SEVA by Scott. Apollo 10 (USA) Thomas Stafford, John Young, Eugene Cernan 18-May-69 26-May-69 8d:00h:03m First lunar module orbit of Moon, descent to within 50,000 feet (15,000 meters) of Moon's surface; holds manned speed record, 6.8863 mi/s (11.0825 km/s) at atmosphere entry.

Apollo 11 (USA) Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin 16-Jul-69 24-Jul-69 8d:03h:19m First lunar landing made by Armstrong and Aldrin (20-Jul); 151 min lunar EVA; collected 48.5 lb (22 kg) of soil & rock samples; lunar stay time 21h:36m. Soyuz 6 (USSR) Rendezvous with Soyuz 7/8; first welding of metals in space. Soyuz 7 (USSR) Anatoli Filipchenko, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Gorbatko 12-Oct-69 17-Oct-69 4d:22h:40m Triple rendezvous with Soyuz 6/8; space lab construction test made; first time 3 spacecraft, 7 crew members orbited the Earth at once. Soyuz 8 (USSR) Triple rendezvous with Soyuz 6/7; part of space lab construction team.

Apollo 12 (USA) Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, Alan Bean 14-Nov-69 24-Nov-69 10d:04h:36m Conrad and Bean made second Moon landing; 2 lunar EVAs totaling 465 min; collected 74.7 lb (33.9 kg) of samples; lunar stay time 31h:31m. Apollo 13 (USA) James Lovell, John Swigart, Fred Haise 11-Apr-70 17-Apr-70 5d:22h:55m Mission aborted following service module oxygen tank explosion; crew returned safely using lunar module; circumlunar return; holds manned altitude record, 248,665 miles (400,187 km) above Earth's surface. Soyuz 9 (USSR) 19-Jun-70 17d:16h:59m This flight marked the beginning of working in space under weightless conditions; endurance record for solo craft remains.

Apollo 14 (USA) Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, Edgar Mitchell 31-Jan-71 9-Feb-71 9d:00h:02m Shepard and Mitchell made third Moon landing; 2 lunar EVAs totaling 563 min; collected 96 lb (43.5 kg) of lunar samples; lunar stay time 33h:31m. Salyut 1 (USSR) First space station; occupied by Soyuz 11 crew for 23 days. Soyuz 10 (USSR) Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Nikolai Rukavishnikov 22-Apr-71 24-Apr-71 1d:23h:46m Adjustment of an improved docking bay between the spacecraft and the orbiting Salyut space station, but no cosmonauts entered the orbiting station.

Soyuz 11 (USSR) Georgi Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Patsayev 6-Jun-71 29-Jun-71 23d:18h:22m Docked and entered Salyut 1 space station; orbited in Salyut 1 for 23 days; crew died during reentry from loss of pressurization. Apollo 15 (USA) David Scott, Alfred Worden, James Irwin 26-Jul-71 7-Aug-71 12d:07h:12m Scott and Irwin made fourth Moon landing; first lunar rover use; first deep spacewalk; 3 lunar EVAs totaling 19h:8m; 33 min SEVA by Scott; collected 170 lb (77 kg) of samples; lunar stay time 66h:54m; 38 min Worden EVA-Irwin SEVA; subsatellite released.

Apollo 16 (USA) John Young, Thomas Mattingly, Charles Duke 16-Apr-72 27-Apr-72 11d:01h:51m Young and Duke made fifth Moon landing; 3 lunar EVAs totaling 20h:14m; collected 213 lb (97 kg) of lunar samples; lunar stay time 71:14; 73 min Mattingly EVA-Duke SEVA; subsatellite released Apollo 17 (USA) Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, Harrison Schmitt 7-Dec-72 19-Dec-72 12d:13h:52m Cernan and Schmitt made sixth piloted lunar landing; 3 lunar EVAs totaling 22h:4m; collected 243 lb (110 kg) of samples; record lunar stay of 74:59; 66 min Evans EVA-Schmitt SEVA. Skylab 1 (USA) 22nd Mir long stay; Andre-Deshays (France) returned in Soyuz TM-23; two EVAs.

STS-79, Atlantis (USA) William Readdy, Terrence Wilcutt, Thomas Akers, Jay Apt, Carl Walz, John Blaha (up), Shannon Lucid (down) 16-Sep-96 26-Sep-96 10d:03h:20m Mir-Docking/4; Spacehab double module; crew exchange (Blaha for Lucid); Lucid set new U.S. space endurance record (188d:4h); EVA. STS-80, Columbia (USA) Kenneth Cockrell, Kent Rominger, Tamara Jernigan, Thomas Jones, Story Musgrave 19-Nov-96 7-Dec-96 17d:15h:54m Wake Shield Facility (3rd flight); ORFEUS-SPAS II; Space Experiment Module (SEM); EVA; 9th EDO, record duration.

STS-81, Atlantis (USA) Michael Baker, Brent Jett, Peter Wisoff, John Grunsfeld, Marsha Ivins, Jerry Linenger (up), John Blaha (down) 12-Jan-97 Mir-Docking/5; Spacehab-DM; SAREX-II; crew exchange (Linenger for Blaha). Soyuz TM-25 (Russia) Vasili Tsibliyev, Aleksander Lazutkin, Reinhold Ewald (up) 10-Feb-97 14-Aug-97 184d:22h:08m 23rd Mir long stay; Ewald (Germany) returned in Soyuz TM-24; collision with Progress 25-Jun-97; one EVA.

STS-82, Discovery (USA) Kenneth Bowersox, Scott Horowitz, Joseph Tanner, Steven Hawley, Gregory Harbaugh, Mark Lee, Steven Smith 11-Feb-97 21-Feb-97 9d:23h:38m 2nd Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission; 5 EVAs for 4 crew totaling 33h:11m, replaced 10 instruments. STS-83, Columbia (USA) James Halsell, Susan Still, Janice Voss, Michael Gernhardt, Donald Thomas, Roger Crouch, Greg Linteris 4-Apr-97 8-Apr-97 3d:23h:14m Microgravity Science Lab MSL-1 (returned 12 days early due to fuel cell problem); Reflight as STS-94.

STS-84, Atlantis (USA) Charles Precourt, Eileen Collins, Jean-Francois Clervoy, Carlos Noriega, Edward Lu, Yelena Kondakova, Michael Foale (up), Jerry Linenger (down) 15-May-97 Spacehab-SM, SPARTAN-201; John Glenn reflight. STS-88, Endeavour (USA) Robert Cabana, Frederick Sturckow, Nancy Currie, Jerry Ross, James Newman, Sergei Krikalyov 4-Dec-98 16-Dec-98 11d:19h:19m 1st International Space Station (ISS) assembly flight 2A, Unity Module; 3 EVAs for 2 crew totaling 21h:22m; first habitation of ISS.

Soyuz TM-29 (Russia) Viktor Afanasyev, Jean-Pierre Haignere, Ivan Bella (up), Sergei Avdeyev (down) 20-Feb-99 28-Aug-99 188d:20h:16m 27th Mir long stay; Bella first Slovak in space, returned in Soyuz TM-28; returned Avdeyev; three EVAs. STS-96, Discovery (USA) Kent Rominger, Rick Husband, Ellen Ochoa, Tamara Jernigan, Daniel Barry, Julie Payette, Valeri Tokarev 27-May-99 6-Jun-99 9d:19h:14m 2nd ISS assembly flight 2A.1, Spacehab-DM, Starshine; first docking with ISS; 1 EVA for 2 crew totaling 7h:55m.

STS-93, Columbia (USA) Eileen Collins, Jeffrey Ashby, Steven Hawley, Catherine Coleman, Michel Tognini 23-Jul-99 6th ISS assembly flight 4A, PV Module P6; 3 EVAs for 2 crew totaling 19h:20m. STS-98, Atlantis (USA) Kenneth Cockrell, Mark Polansky, Robert Curbeam, Thomas Jones, Marsha Ivins 7-Feb-01 20-Feb-01 12d:21h:21m 7th ISS assembly flight 5A, US Lab; 3 EVAs for 2 crew totaling 19h:49m, final EVA 100th in U.S. history.

STS-102, Discovery (USA) James Wetherbee, James Kelly, Andrew Thomas, Paul Richards, Yuri Usachyov (up), James Voss (up), Susan Helms (up), William Shepherd (down), Yuri Gidzenko (down), Sergei Krikalyov (down) 8-Mar-01 21-Mar-01 12d:19h:51m 8th ISS assembly flight 5A.1, Leonardo MPLM; External Stowage Platform; delivered Expedition 2 crew (Usachyov, Voss, Helms), returned Expedition 1 crew (Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalyov); 2 EVAs for 4 crew totaling 15h:26m. STS-100, Endeavour (USA) Kent Rominger, Jeffrey Ashby, Chris Hadfield, Scott Parazynski, John Phillips, Umberto Guidoni, Yuri Lonchakov 19-Apr-01 Exchanged Soyuz TM-33 for TM-32 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle.

STS-108, Endeavour (USA) Dominic Gorie, Mark Kelly, Linda Godwin, Daniel Tani, Yuri Onufrienko (up), Carl Walz (up), Daniel Bursch (up), Frank Culbertson (down), Vladimir Dezhurov (down), Mikhail Tyurin (down) 5-Dec-01 17-Dec-01 11d:19h:37m ISS utilization flight UF-1, Raffaello MPLM, GAS, MACH-1; delivered Expedition 4 crew (Onufrienko, Walz, Bursch), returned Expedition 3 crew (Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin); 1 EVA for 2 crew totaling 4h:12m.

STS-109, Columbia (USA) Scott Altman, Duane Carey, John Grunsfeld, Nancy Currie, James Newman, Richard Linnehan, Michael Massimino 1-Mar-02 12-Mar-02 10d:22h:11m 4th Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS); 5 EVA for 4 crew totaling 35h:55m. STS-110, Atlantis (USA) Michael Bloomfield, Stephen Frick, Jerry Ross, Steven Smith, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin, Rex Walheim 8-Apr-02 19-Apr-02 10d:19h:44m ISS assembly flight 8A, Center Integrated Truss Assembly S0 (ITS S0), Mobile Transporter (MT); 4 EVA for 4 crew totaling 28h:22m.

Soyuz TM-34 (Russia) Yuri Gidzenko (up), Roberto Vittori (up), Mark Shuttleworth (up), Sergei Zalyotin (down), Frank De Winne (down), Yuri Lonchakov (down) 25-Apr-02 10-Nov-02 198d:17h:38m Exchanged Soyuz TM-34 for TM-33 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; Shuttleworth first South African in space and 2nd space tourist.

STS-111, Endeavour (USA) Kenneth Cockrell, Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Philippe Perrin, Valeri Korzun (up), Sergei Treschev (up), Peggy Whitson (up), Yuri Onufrienko (down), Carl Walz (down), Daniel Bursch (down) 5-Jun-02 19-Jun-02 13d:20h:36m ISS utilization flight UF-2, Leonardo MPLM, Mobile Base System (MBS); delivered Expedition 5 crew (Korzun, Treschev, Whitson), returned Expedition 4 crew (Onufrienko, Walz, Bursch); 3 EVA for 2 crew totaling 19h:31m.

STS-112, Atlantis (USA) Jeffrey Ashby, Pamela Melroy, David Wolf, Piers Sellers, Sandra Magnus, Fyodor Yurchikhin 7-Oct-02 18-Oct-02 10d:19h:59m ISS assembly flight 9A, Integrated Truss Assembly S1 (ITS S1), Crew Equipment Translation Aid (CETA); 3 EVA for 2 crew totaling 19h:41m. Soyuz TMA-1 (Russia) Sergei Zalyotin (up), Frank De Winne (up), Yuri Lonchakov (up), Nikolai Budarin (down), Kenneth Bowersox (down), Donald Pettit (down) 30-Oct-02 04-May-03 185d:22h:53m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-1 for TM-34 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; returned Expedition 6 crew (Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit).

STS-113, Endeavour (USA) James Wetherbee, Paul Lockhart, Michael Lopez-Alegria, John Herrington, Kenneth Bowersox (up), Nikolai Budarin (up), Donald Pettit (up), Valeri Korzun (down), Sergei Treschev (down), Peggy Whitson (down) 24-Nov-02 7-Dec-02 13d:18h:49m ISS assembly flight 11A, Integrated Truss Assembly P1 (ITS P1), CETA; delivered Expedition 6 crew (Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit), returned Expedition 5 crew (Korzun, Treschev, Whitson); 3 EVA for 2 crew totaling 19h:55m.

STS-107, Columbia (USA) Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, Ilan Ramon 16-Jan-03 1-Feb-03 15d:22h:20m Spacehab-DM, Freestar; Ramon first Israeli in space; orbiter broke up during reentry resulting in the loss of both vehicle and crew. Soyuz TMA-2 (Russia) Yuri Malenchenko, Edward Lu, Pedro Duque (down) 26-Apr-03 27-Oct-03 183d:22h:46m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-2 for TMA-1 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered & returned Expedition 7 crew (Malenchenko, Lu). Shenzhou 5 (China) 4-Oct-04 23m:56s Second of two flights to claim Ansari X-prize; suborbital reaching 367,442 feet (111,997 m) setting rocket-plane altitude record.

Soyuz TMA-5 (Russia) Salizhan Sharipov, Leroy Chiao, Yuri Shargin (up), Roberto Vittori (down) 14-Oct-04 24-Apr-05 192d:19h:02m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-5 for TMA-4 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered & returned Expedition 10 crew (Chiao, Sharipov). Soyuz TMA-6 (Russia) Sergei Krikalyov, John Phillips, Roberto Vittori (up), Gregory Olsen (down) 15-Apr-05 11-Oct-05 179d:00h:23m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-6 for TMA-5 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered Expedition 11 crew (Krikalyov, Phillips).

STS-114, Discovery (USA) Eileen Collins, James Kelly, Charles Camarda, Wendy Lawrence, Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson, Andrew Thomas 26-Jul-05 09-Aug-05 13d:21h:33m ISS logistics flight LF-1, Raffaello MPLM, deployed ESP-2; test and evaluate new safety procedures; 3 EVA for 2 crew totaling 20h:05m. Soyuz TMA-7 (Russia) Valeri Tokarev, William McArthur, Gregory Olsen (up), Macros Pontes (down) 1-Oct-05 08-Apr-06 189d:19h:53m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-7 for TMA-6 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered Expedition 12 crew (McArthur, Tokarev); Olsen 3rd space tourist. Shenzhou 6 (China) Second Chinese manned flight; first two man crew (76 orbits).

Soyuz TMA-8 (Russia) Pavel Vinogradov, Jeffrey Williams, Macros Pontes (up), Anousheh Ansari (down) 30-Mar-06 29-Sep-06 182d:22h:43m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-8 for TMA-7 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered Expedition 13 crew (Vinogradov, Williams); Pontes first Brazilain in space. STS-121, Discovery (USA) Steve Lindsey, Mark Kelly, Mike Fossum, Lisa Nowak, Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers, Thomas Reiter (up) 4-Jul-06 17-Jul-06 12d:18h:37m ISS utilization & logistics flight ULF-1.1, Leonardo MPLM, performed ISS maintenance, delivered supplies & crewmember Reiter, tested new safety equipment & procedures; 3 EVA for 2 crew totaling 21h:29m.

STS-115, Atlantis (USA) Brent Jett, Christopher Ferguson, Joseph Tanner, Daniel Burbank, Steven MacLean, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper 9-Sep-06 21-Sep-06 11d:19h:07m ISS assembly flight 12A, installed the P3/P4 integrated truss and second set of solar arrays with rotary joint; 3 EVA for 4 crew totaling 20h:19m. Soyuz TMA-9 (Russia) Mikhail Tyurin, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Anousheh Ansari (up), Charles Simonyi (down) 18-Sep-06 21-Apr-07 215d:08h:23m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-9 for TMA-8 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered Expedition 14 crew (Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin). Ansari 4th space tourist (first female), first Iranian-American in space.

STS-116, Discovery (USA) Mark Polansky, William Oefelein, Robert Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick, Christer Fuglesang, Sunita Williams (up), Thomas Reiter (down) 9-Dec-06 22-Dec-06 12d:20h:45m ISS assembly flight 12A.1, installed the P5 integrated truss, rewired ISS power system, Spacehab-SM, exchanged crewmembers Williams & Reiter; 4 EVA for 3 crew totaling 25h:45m, record 4 EVA in one mission by Curbeam; Fuglesang first Swede in space.

Soyuz TMA-10 (Russia) Fyodor Yurchikhin, Oleg Kotov, Charles Simonyi (up), Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (down) 7-Apr-07 21-Oct-07 196d:17h:05m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-10 for TMA-9 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered Expedition 15 crew (Yurchikhin, Kotov); Simonyi 5th space tourist. STS-117, Atlantis (USA) Frederick Sturchow, Lee Archambault, Patrick Forrester, Steven Swanson, John Olivas, James Reilly, Clayton Anderson (up), Sunita Williams (down) 8-Jun-07 22-Jun-07 13d:20h:12m ISS assembly flight 13A, installed the S3/S4 integrated truss and third set of solar arrays with rotary joint, exchanged crewmembers Anderson & Williams; 4 EVA for 4 crew totaling 27h:58m.

STS-118, Endeavour (USA) Scott Kelly, Charles Hobaugh, Tracy Caldwell, Richard Mastracchio, Dafydd Williams, Barbara Morgan, B. Alvin Drew 8-Aug-07 21-Aug-07 12d:17h:56m ISS assembly flight 13A.1, installed the S5 integrated truss, deployed ESP-3, replaced CMG-3; first use of station-to-shuttle power transfer system (SSPTS); 4 EVA for 2 crew + 1 ISS crew totaling 23h:15m. Soyuz TMA-11 (Russia) Yuri Malenchenko, Peggy Whitson, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (up), Yi So-yeon (down) 10-Oct-07 19-Apr-08 191d:19h:07m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-11 for TMA-10 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered Expedition 16 crew (Whitson, Malenchenko). Shukor first Malaysian in space; Whitson first female ISS commander.

STS-120, Discovery (USA) Pamela Melroy, George Zamka, Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Douglas Wheelock, Paolo Nespoli, Daniel Tani (up), Clayton Anderson (down) 23-Oct-07 7-Nov-07 15d:02h:24m ISS assembly flight 10A, installed Harmony Node 2 module, relocated P6 integrated truss, exchanged crewmembers Tani & Anderson; 4 EVA for 3 crew totaling 27h:14m. STS-122, Atlantis (USA) Stephen Frick, Alan Poindexter, Leland Melvin, Rex Walheim, Hans Schlegel, Stanley Love, Leopold Eyharts (up), Daniel Tani (down) 7-Feb-08 20-Feb-08 12d:18h:22m ISS assembly flight 1E, delivered ESA's Columbus Laboratory, exchanged crewmembers Eyharts & Tani; 3 EVA for 3 crew totaling 22h:08m.

STS-123, Endeavour (USA) Dominic Gorie, Gregory Johnson, Robert Behnken, Michael Foreman, Richard Linnehan, Takao Doi, Garrett Reisman (up), Leopold Eyharts (down) 11-Mar-08 27-Mar-08 15d:18h:12m ISS assembly flight 1J/A, delivered Japanese Kibo Experiment Logistics Module and Canadian Dextre Robotics System, first full utilization of SSPTS, exchanged crewmembers Reisman & Eyharts; 5 EVA for 4 crew totaling 33h:28m. Soyuz TMA-12 (Russia) Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko, Yi So-yeon (up), Richard Garriott (down) 8-Apr-08 24-Oct-08 198d:16h:20m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-12 for TMA-11 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered Expedition 17 crew (Volkov, Kononenko). Yi first Korean in space; Volkov first 2nd generation cosmonaut.

STS-124, Discovery (USA) Mark Kelly, Kenneth Ham, Karen Nyberg, Ronald Garan, Michael Fossum, Akihiko Hoshide, Gregory Chamitoff (up), Garrett Reisman (down) 31-May-08 14-Jun-08 13d:18h:13m ISS assembly flight 1J, delivered Japanese Kibo Pressurized Module and Remote Manipulator System, exchanged crewmembers Chamitoff & Reisman; 3 EVA for 2 crew totaling 20h:32m. Shenzhou 7 (China) Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, Jing Haipeng 25-Sep-08 28-Sep-08 2d:20h:27m First Chinese three man crew; first Chinese EVA by Zhai (20 min); released sub-satellite (40 kg).

Soyuz TMA-13 (Russia) Yuri Lonchakov, Michael Fincke, Richard Garriott (up), Charles Simonyi (down) 12-Oct-08 08-Apr-09 178d:00h:14m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-13 for TMA-12 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered Expedition 18 crew (Fincke, Lonchakov). Tourist Garriott first 2nd generation American in space. STS-126, Endeavour (USA) Christopher Ferguson, Eric Boe, Donald Pettit, Stephen Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Robert Kimbrough, Sandra Magnus (up), Gregory Chamitoff (down) 15-Nov-08 30-Nov-08 15d:20h:30m ISS utilization & logistics flight ULF-2, Leonardo MPLM, delivered life support & habitability systems, performed ISS maintenance, exchanged crewmembers Magnus & Chamitoff; 4 EVA for 3 crew totaling 26h:41m.

STS-119, Discovery (USA) Lee Archambault, Dominic Antonelli, Joseph Acaba, Steven Swanson, Richard Arnold, John Phillips, Koichi Wakata (up), Sandra Magnus (down) 15-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 12d:19h:30m ISS assembly flight 15A, installed the S6 integrated truss and fourth set of solar arrays, exchanged crewmembers Wakata & Magnus; 3 EVA for 3 crew totaling 19h:04m. Soyuz TMA-14 (Russia) Gennadi Padalka, Michael Barratt, Charles Simonyi (up), Guy Lalibert� (down) 26-Mar-09 11-Oct-09 198d:16h:42m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-14 for TMA-13 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered Expedition 19/20 crew (Padalka, Barratt). Simonyi makes second trip as space tourist.

STS-125, Atlantis (USA) Scott Altman, Gregory Johnson, Michael Good, Megan McArthur, John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino, Andrew Feustel 11-May-09 Fifth Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission (last planned); 5 EVAs for 4 crew totaling 36h:56m. Soyuz TMA-15 (Russia) Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne, Robert Thirsk 27-May-09 1-Dec-09 187d:20h:41m Delivered Expedition 20/21 crew; remained docked to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle. Start of six-person crew operations on ISS.

STS-127, Endeavour (USA) Mark Polansky, Douglas Hurley, Christopher Cassidy, Julie Payette, Thomas Marshburn, David Wolf, Timothy Kopra (up), Koichi Wakata (down) 15-Jun-09 31-Jul-09 15d:16h:45m ISS assembly flight 2J/A, delivered Japanese Kibo Exposed Facility and Exposed Section of Experiment Logistics Module, exchanged crewmembers Kopra & Wakata; 5 EVAs for 4 crew totaling 30h:30m. STS-128, Discovery (USA) Frederick Sturckow, Kevin Ford, Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez, Christer Fuglesang, John Olivas, Nicole Stott (up), Timothy Kopra (down) 29-Aug-09 12-Sep-09 13d:20h:54m ISS assembly flight 17A, Leonardo MPLM, Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier, exchanged crewmembers Stott & Kopra; 3 EVAs for 3 crew totaling 20h:15m.

Soyuz TMA-16 (Russia) Maksim Surayev, Jeffrey Williams, Guy Lalibert� (up) 30-Sep-09 18-Mar-10 169d:04h:10m Exchanged Soyuz TMA-16 for TMA-14 to serve ISS as emergency escape vehicle; delivered Expedition 21/22 crew (Williams, Surayev). Lalibert� first Canadian space tourist. STS-129, Atlantis (USA) Charles Hobaugh, Barry Wilmore, Leland Melvin, Randolph Bresnik, Michael Foreman, Robert Satcher, Nicole Stott (down) 16-Nov-09 27-Nov-09 10d:19h:16m ISS utilization & logistics flight ULF-3, ExPRESS Logistic Carriers ELC-1 & ELC-2, delivered spare components; 3 EVAs for 3 crew totaling 18h:27m.

Soyuz TMA-17 (Russia) Oleg Kotov, Timothy Creamer, Soichi Noguchi 20-Dec-09 In 1996 who earned the distinctions of enduring the longest stay in space by any american man or woman? | Askallday.com | Askallday.com In 1996 who earned the distinctions of enduring the longest stay in space by any american man or woman? Question was posted on Jul 31, 2013 in Technology Sponsored Links Prior to June 16th, 2007, Shannon Lucid held the record for the longest duration spaceflight More information about: To answer the question please connect with: Your email address will not be published. Name two + 1 = Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> Current ye@r *

Question: Who in 1996 made the longest spaceflight by a woman?
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