Mir EO-24 was the 24th long-duration mission to

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Crew

This mission was part of the Shuttle-Mir Program, in which three

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astronauts flew aboard the station during Mir EO-24. Note:

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joined the

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crew on the way home from Mir, after launching with

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crewmembers

Talgat Musabayev Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev ( kk, Талғат Аманкелдіұлы Мұсабаев, ''Talğat Amankeldıūly Mūsabaev''; born 7 January 1951) is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights. His first two spa ...

and

Nikolai Budarin Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin (russian: Николай Михайлович Бударин) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya, Chuvashia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the ...

at the end of Mir EO-24. Foale arrived aboard Mir during the EO-23 mission, and was transferred to the EO-24 crew when the expeditions changed. Thomas remained aboard Mir as part of the EO-25 crew after the end of EO-24.

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Mir 24 Summary
Mir 1997 in spaceflight {{Russia-spacecraft-stub

Crew

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