This article outlines notable events occurring in 1995 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
First Shuttle-Mir mission
Orbital launches
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December
Suborbital launches
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July-September
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Deep Space Rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks7 December Galileo First impact of spacecraft to Jupiter - subprobe descent through the Jovian atmosphere8 December Galileo First orbiter of Jupiter - jovian orbit insertionno date Ulysses Pass over solar north pole
EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks9 February11:564 hours16:35STS-63/Michael FoaleConducted a test of moving large mass objects and tested the effectiveness of the new spacesuit temperature control underwear by being lofted outside the payload bay by the RMS.12 May04:206 hours15 minutes10:35Mir EO-18Kvant-2Vladimir DezhurovGennadi StrekalovMade preparations for the arrival of the Spektr module. Installed some electrical cable attachments, adjusted solar array actuators, and practiced folding the Kristall solar arrays for the future move to Kvant-1.17 May02:386 hours42 minutes09:20Mir EO-18Kvant-2Vladimir DezhurovGennadi StrekalovMoved the solar arrays from Kristall to Kvant-1. Their suits ran low on oxygen before they were able to re-install the arrays on Kvant-1.22 May00:105 hours15 minutes05:25Mir EO-18Kvant-2Vladimir DezhurovGennadi StrekalovCompleted installation of the relocated solar array on Kvant-1. Also retracted some solar panels to prepare for moving Kristall.28 May22:2221 minutes22:43Mir EO-18base blockVladimir DezhurovGennadi StrekalovConducting a spacewalk inside the transfer compartment of the Mir base block Dezhurov and Strekalov relocated a docking cone from the -X port to the -Z port.1 June22:0523 minutes22:28Mir EO-18base blockVladimir DezhurovGennadi StrekalovAgain working from the depressurized base block transfer compartment, Dezhurov and Strekalov prepared to move the recently arrived Spektr module by relocating a docking cone from the -Z port to the -Y port.14 July03:565 hours34 minutes09:30Mir EO-19Kvant-2Anatoly SolovyevNikolai BudarinUsed the Strela boom to move to the Spektr module and freed the stuck solar array. Also inspected the -Z docking port and found it to be undamaged.19 July00:393 hours8 minutes03:47Mir EO-19Kvant-2Anatoly SolovyevNikolai BudarinSolovyev had problems with his Orlan-DMA spacesuit cooling system, and had to stay tethered to an umbilical at Kvant-2. Budarin was able work his way to the far end of Spektr and do some preparations for the installation of the Mir infrared spectrometer (MIRAS). He also collected the American TREK cosmic ray panel that had been installed on Kvant-2 since 1991.21 July00:285 hours50 minutes06:18Mir EO-19Kvant-2Anatoly SolovyevNikolai BudarinUsed the Strela boom to reach the Spektr module, where they completed the installation of MIRAS.08:206 hours46 minutes15:06STS-69James S. VossMichael L. GernhardtInstalled thermal instruments on the apparatus in the payload bay. Also tested redesigned spacesuit helmet lights and spacesuit heaters.20 October11:505 hours16 minutes17:06Mir EO-20Kvant-2Sergei AvdeyevThomas ReiterUsed the Strela boom to move to the Spektr module and installed several experiments on the European Space Exposure Facility. Reiter became the first ESA cosmonaut and German to complete an EVA.8 December19:2329 minutes19:52Mir EO-20base blockSergei AvdeyevYuri GidzenkoFrom inside the depressurized base block transfer compartment, Avdeyev and Gidzenko moved the Konus docking cone from the -Z port to the +Z port..
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