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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00:01On this day in space
00:03In 1995, American astronaut Norman Thaggard broke NASA's space endurance record with a time of 84 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes while aboard the Russian space station Mir.
00:14Thaggard, a veteran of four shuttle flights, was the first American to ride to space aboard a Russian vehicle and could be considered the first American cosmonaut.
00:22He launched a Mir on a Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft on March 18, 1995 and landed with NASA's space shuttle Atlantis on July 7, ultimately spending 115 days in space.
00:34The current single mission space endurance record is held by Valyry Polyakov at 437.7 consecutive days.
00:41And that's what happened on this day in space.