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Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-26R, the first US manned spaceflight after the Challenger accident
Orbital launches
First 6 January
Last 29 December
Total 121
Catalogued 116
National firsts
Satellite  Israel
 Luxembourg
Orbital launch  Israel
Space traveller  Afghanistan
Rockets
Maiden flights Ariane 4
Long March 4A
Shavit
Retirements Energia
Titan 34D
Manned flights
Orbital 5
Total travellers 19


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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
7 June
21:38:16		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionSoyuz TM-5 Low Earth (Mir) Mir EP-2 7 September
00:48:38		 Successful
Manned flight launching three cosmonauts and landing two, computer problems during deorbit nearly resulted in loss of crew, and delayed landing by one day
29 August
04:23:11		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionSoyuz TM-6 Low Earth (Mir) Mir EP-3 21 December
09:57:00		 Successful
Manned flight with three cosmonauts, one remained on Mir as part of EO-3, first Afghan space traveller
29 September
15:37:00		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Discovery United StatesKennedy LC-39B United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-26R NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 3 October
16:37:11		 Successful
United StatesTDRS-3 (TDRS-C) NASA Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
Manned flight with five astronauts, first US manned spaceflight after the Challenger accident in 1986, TDRS deployed using Inertial Upper Stage
15 November
03:00:02		 Soviet UnionEnergia Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 110/37 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Buran 1K1 Low Earth Test flight 06:26 Successful
Soviet Union 37KB No.3770 Low Earth (Buran) Test flight Successful
Unmanned test, only flight of Buran and final flight of Energia
26 November
14:49:34		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionSoyuz TM-7 Low Earth (Mir) Mir EO-4/EP-4 27 April 1989
02:57:58		 Successful
Manned flight with three cosmonauts
2 December
14:30:34		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Atlantis United StatesKennedy LC-39B United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-27R NASA/NRO Low Earth Satellite deployment 6 December
23:30:39		 Successful
United StatesUSA-34 (Lacrosse) NRO/CIA Low Earth Radar imaging 25 March 1997 Successful
Manned flight with five astronauts
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