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Euromir was an international space programme in the 1990s. Between theRussian Federal Space Agency and theEuropean Space Agency (ESA), it would bringEuropean astronauts to theMir space station.

Euromir was part of a drive in the early 1990s to recruit and train European astronauts for the then-plannedInternational Space Station (ISS). Trips on the USSpace Shuttle and the Russia Mir space station would give ESA astronauts experience in space (ESA'sColumbus Precursor Flights programme) and help all parties learn to have experience in international cooperation.

ESA's 1992 intake of astronauts were trained up, with two being sent to on Shuttle missions. Four were selected for Mir and an agreement was signed to train them further at theYuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre. In 1993, a contract for two flights was signed, withUlf Merbold andThomas Reiter being the prime candidates for 1994 and 1995, respectively.Pedro Duque andChrister Fuglesang were chosen as backups.^[1] They were trained on Russian language and the systems ofSoyuz and Mir.

Merbold and Reiter flew on EuroMir 94 (Soyuz TM-20/Soyuz TM-19) and EuroMir 95 (Soyuz TM-22), respectively. During Reiter's mission, he performed twospacewalks.^[2]

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