The docking mission had EVA objectives similar to those planned for Apollo 9.

He piloted mission STS-110, a docking mission with the International Space Station.

The final docking mission to Mir will be the first linkup with the Russian station for the Discovery.

The mission will be the shuttle Atlantis's second docking mission with the Russian space station Mir.

There seemed to be less tension about linking the two 100-ton spacecraft than during the two previous docking missions, last June and November.

STS-76, the third docking mission to the Russian space station Mir, launched on March 22, 1996 with a crew of six aboard Atlantis.

He commanded STS-76 on the third docking mission to the Russian space station Mir in 1996.

He served as a mission specialist on the Shuttle during the eighth Shuttle-Mir docking mission in 1998.

The test performance was nonetheless deemed "good enough"; the manned docking missions of Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 2 were approved for the next flight.

Gemini 6 was to have been the first docking mission, but had to be cancelled when that mission's Agena vehicle was destroyed during launch.