MANNED SPACEFLIGHT POST Y2K

At the start of the year 2000, the population of space was zero, largely due to fears of Y2K computer malfunctions. Since then, the Mir station has been deorbited, the ISS greatly expanded, and the Chinese have started a manned program, based on their Shenzhou capsule.

Listed below are all the flights, post-Y2K, associated with manned programs, i.e. the Mir and ISS stations, other Space Shuttle flights and the Chinese Shenzhou program. Since there are just four pre-Y2K flights that relate to the ISS and Shenzhou, they are also listed. The list has the latest flight on top, older flights lower down.

The Russians have sent up three major pieces of the ISS (Zarya, Zvezda and Pirs), 28 Progress supply ships and 15 Soyuz transports/lifeboats. The Americans have sent 24 shuttle flights to the ISS. The Chinese launched manned Shenzhou capsules in October of 2003, and October of 2005.

manned 2008 Feb 07, 19:45 GMT Shuttle Atlantis STS-122, Columbus lab, exchange one crew
       2008 Feb 05, 13:03 GMT 28th Progress supply ship to ISS

       2007 Dec 23, 07:12 GMT 27th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-62)
manned 2007 Oct 23, 15:38 GMT Shuttle Discovery STS-120, Harmony node, exchange one crew
manned 2007 Oct 10, 13:22 GMT 15th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-11, Expedition Sixteen and Malaysian astronaut
manned 2007 Aug 08, 22:36 GMT Shuttle Endeavour STS-118, more parts
       2007 Aug 02, 17:34 GMT 26th Progress supply ship to ISS
manned 2007 Jun 08, 23:38 GMT Shuttle Atlantis STS-117, more parts, exchange one crew
       2007 May 12, 03:25 GMT 25th Progress supply ship to ISS
manned 2007 Apr 07, 17:31 GMT 14th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-10, Expedition Fifteen crew and paying passenger
       2007 Jan 18, 02:12 GMT 24th Progress supply ship to ISS

manned 2006 Dec 10, 01:47 GMT Shuttle Discovery STS-116, P5 truss, exchange one of the crew
       2006 Oct 24, 13:41 GMT 23rd Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-58)
manned 2006 Sep 18, 04:09 GMT 13th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-9, Expedition Fourteen crew and paying passenger
manned 2006 Sep 09, 15:15 GMT Shuttle Atlantis STS-115, ISS 12A
manned 2006 Jul 04, 18:38 GMT Shuttle Discovery STS-121, ISS resupply, deliver ESA crew member
       2006 Jun 24, 15:08 GMT 22nd Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-57)
       2006 Apr 24, 16:03 GMT 21st Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-56)
manned 2006 Mar 30, 02:30 GMT 12th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-8, Expedition Thirteen crew and Brazilian astronaut

       2005 Dec 21, 18:38 GMT 20th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-55)
manned 2005 Oct 12, 01:00 GMT Chinese manned Shenzhou 6, with two man crew
manned 2005 Oct 01, 04:54 GMT 11th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-7, Expedition Twelve crew and paying passenger
       2005 Sep 08, 13:07 GMT 19th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-54)
manned 2005 Jul 26, 14:39 GMT Shuttle Discovery STS-114, return to flight and ISS resupply
       2005 Jun 16, 23:09 GMT 18th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-53)
manned 2005 Apr 15, 00:46 GMT 10th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-6, Expedition Eleven crew
       2005 Feb 28, 19:09 GMT 17th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-52)

       2004 Dec 24, 22:19 GMT 16th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-51)
manned 2004 Oct 14, 04:06 GMT 9th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-5, Expedition Ten crew
       2004 Aug 11, 05:03 GMT 15th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-50)
       2004 May 25, 13:34 GMT 14th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-49)
manned 2004 Apr 19, 04:19 GMT 8th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-4, Expedition Nine crew
       2004 Jan 29, 11:58 GMT 13th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M1-11)

manned 2003 Oct 18, 06:38 GMT 7th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-3, Expedition Eight crew
manned 2003 Oct 15, 02:00 GMT Chinese manned Shenzhou 5, first Chinese manned launch
       2003 Aug 29, 01:48 GMT 12th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-48)
       2003 Jun 08, 10:34 GMT 11th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M1-10)
manned 2003 Apr 26, 03:53 GMT 6th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-2, Expedition Seven crew
       2003 Feb 02, 12:59 GMT 10th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-47)
manned 2003 Jan 16, 15:39 GMT Shuttle Columbia STS-107 Spacehab, ends in crash

       2002 Dec 29,           Chinese unmanned Shenzhou 4th test flight
manned 2002 Nov 24, 00:49 GMT Shuttle Endeavour STS-113 ISS 11A, Expedition Six crew
manned 2002 Oct 30, 03:11 GMT 5th Soyuz to ISS, TMA-1
manned 2002 Oct 07, 19:45 GMT Shuttle Atlantis STS-112 ISS 9A
       2002 Sep 25, 16:58 GMT 9th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M1-9)
       2002 Jun 26, 05:36 GMT 8th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-46)
manned 2002 Jun 05, 21:22 GMT Shuttle Endeavour STS-111 ISS Expedition Five crew
manned 2002 Apr 25, 06:26 GMT 4th Soyuz to ISS, TM-34, space tourist included
manned 2002 Apr 08, 20:44 GMT Shuttle Atlantis STS-110 ISS 8A, Mobile Transporter
       2002 Mar 25, 14:00 GMT Chinese unmanned Shenzhou 3rd test flight
       2002 Mar 21, 20:13 GMT 7th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M1-8)
manned 2002 Mar 01, 11:22 GMT Shuttle Columbia STS-109 Hubble service

manned 2001 Dec 05, 23:19 GMT Shuttle Endeavour STS-108 ISS Expedition Four crew
       2001 Nov 26, 18:24 GMT 6th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M1-7)
manned 2001 Oct 21, 08:59 GMT 3rd Soyuz to ISS, TM-33
       2001 Sep 13, 23:35 GMT Russian Soyuz rocket, ISS 4R, Pirs docking module
       2001 Aug 21, 09:24 GMT 5th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-45)
manned 2001 Aug 10, 21:15 GMT Shuttle Discovery STS-105 ISS 7A.1, Expedition Three crew
manned 2001 Jul 12, 09:04 GMT Shuttle Atlantis STS-104 ISS 7A, Quest Airlock
       2001 May 20, 22:32 GMT 4th Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M1-6)
manned 2001 Apr 28, 07:37 GMT 2nd Soyuz to ISS, TM-32, space tourist included
manned 2001 Apr 19, 18:40 GMT Shuttle Endeavour STS-100 ISS 6A, Canadian robot arm
       2001 Mar 23,           Mir is deorbited
manned 2001 Mar 08, 11:42 GMT Shuttle Discovery STS-102 ISS 5A.1, Expedition Two crew
       2001 Feb 26, 08:09 GMT 3rd Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M-44)
manned 2001 Feb 07, 23:13 GMT Shuttle Atlantis STS-98 ISS 5A, Destiny module
       2001 Jan 24, 04:28 GMT Progress M1-5, last supply ship to Mir
       2001 Jan 09, 17:00 GMT Chinese unmanned Shenzhou 2nd test flight

manned 2000 Dec 01, 03:06 GMT Shuttle Endeavour STS-97 ISS assembly flight 4A
       2000 Nov 16, 01:33 GMT 2nd Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M1-4)
manned 2000 Oct 31, 07:52 GMT 1st Soyuz to ISS, TM-31, Expedition One crew.  Flight 2R
       2000 Oct 15, 21:27 GMT Progress M1 supply ship to Mir
manned 2000 Oct 11, 23:17 GMT Shuttle Discovery STS-92 ISS assembly flight 3A
manned 2000 Sep 08, 12:45 GMT Shuttle Atlantis STS-106 ISS logistics flight 2A.2b
       2000 Aug 06, 18:27 GMT 1st Progress supply ship to ISS (Progress M1-3)
       2000 Jul 26, 00:44 GMT Russia docks the unmanned Zvezda module with the ISS
       2000 Jul 12, 04:56 GMT Russian Proton, ISS flight 1R, Zvezda Service Module
manned 2000 Jun 16,           Soyuz TM-30 returns to Earth with the last Mir crew
manned 2000 May 19, 10:11 GMT Shuttle Atlantis STS-101 ISS maintenance flight 2A.2a
       2000 Apr 25, 20:07 GMT Progress M1-2 supply ship to Mir
manned 2000 Apr 04, 05:01 GMT Soyuz TM-30 last manned mission to Mir
manned 2000 Feb 11, 17:43 GMT Shuttle Endeavour STS-99 topography mission
       2000 Feb 01, 06:47 GMT Progress M1-1 refueling ship to Mir

       1999 Nov 19,           Chinese unmanned Shenzhou 1st test flight
manned 1999 May 27, 10:49 GMT Shuttle Discovery STS-96 ISS logistics flight 2A.1
manned 1998 Dec 04,           Shuttle Endeavour STS-88 ISS flight 2A, Unity Node
       1998 Nov 20,           Russian Proton, ISS flight 1A/R, Zarya Control Module

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