OTD In Space – June 6: Thagard Breaks Space Endurance Record
On June 6, 1995, American astronaut Norman Thagard broke NASA's space endurance record at the time of 84 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes while aboard the Russian space station Mir.
Thagard, a veteran of four shuttle flights, was considered the first American cosmonaut and the first American to ride to space aboard a Russian vehicle. He launched aboard a Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft to the Russian Mir-18 on March 18, 1995, and landed on NASA's shuttle Atlantis on July 7th of that year. He ultimately spent 115 days in space on the flight. The current single-mission space endurance record is held by Valery Polyakov at 437.7 days.
Thagard, a veteran of four shuttle flights, was considered the first American cosmonaut and the first American to ride to space aboard a Russian vehicle. He launched aboard a Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft to the Russian Mir-18 on March 18, 1995, and landed on NASA's shuttle Atlantis on July 7th of that year. He ultimately spent 115 days in space on the flight. The current single-mission space endurance record is held by Valery Polyakov at 437.7 days.
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00:00 On this day in space.
00:03 In 1995, American astronaut Norman Thagard broke NASA's space endurance record
00:08 with a time of 84 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes while aboard the Russian space station Mir.
00:13 Thagard, a veteran of four shuttle flights, was the first American to ride to space aboard a Russian vehicle
00:19 and could be considered the first American cosmonaut.
00:22 He launched to Mir on a Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft on March 18, 1995
00:27 and landed with NASA's space shuttle Atlantis on July 7, ultimately spending 115 days in space.
00:34 The current single-mission space endurance record is held by Valery Polyakov at 437.7 consecutive days.
00:41 And that's what happened on this day in space.
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