First Shuttle-Mir mission. The crews of Shuttle Mission STS-71,Mir-18 and Mir-19 pose for an in- flight portrait. This was the first joint mission between the USA and Russia for 20 years. The crew members are (clockwise from bottom centre): Gregory Harbaugh,Robert 'Hoot' Gibson,Charles Precourt,Nikolai Budarin,Ellen Baker,Bonnie Dunbar,Norman Thagard,Gennadiy Strekalov (dark shirt),Vladimir Dezhurov (pale blue suit) and Anatoly Solovyev (purple shirt and socks). Mission STS-71 flew on 27 June to 7 July 1995,carrying the Mir-19 crew to the space station and returning the Mir-18 crew to Earth |