A Russian cosmonaut flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle for the first time.
Sergei K. Krikalev made history when he flew aboard NASA’s Discovery Space Shuttle for the first mission of the joint Shuttle-Mir Program, STS-60. While later Shuttle-Mir missions did go to the Mir space station, this mission performed several experiments. A major highlight was a live audio and video hookup between the shuttle and Mir. Good Morning America televised the event, in which astronauts from the shuttle and the station communicated with each other.