 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukuwedzera kuRutin Soyuz neProgress ndege, zvaifungidzirwa kuti Mir yaizovawo nzvimbo yekuenda nendege dzeSoviet space shuttle Buran, iyo yakanga yakagadzirirwa kugovera mamwe ma modules akavakirwa pane imwechete 37K bhazi se Kvant-1 uye kupa basa rakanyatsogadziriswa rekudzorera mutoro kunzvimbo. Kristall yakatakura zviviri Androgynous Peripheral Attach System APAS-89 zviteshi zvekuisa zvigadziko zvakagadzirirwa kuti zvienderane neshuturu. Chimwe chiteshi chaizoshandiswa nokuda kweBuran; chimwe nokuda kweteresikopu yakarongwa yePulsar X-2, iyo yaifanirawo kuendeswa neBuran. Kuregererwa kwechirongwa che Buran kwakareva kuti kugona uku hakuna kuzadzikiswa kusvika kuma1990 apo zviteshi zvaishandiswa panzvimbo neUS Space Shuttles sechikamu chechirongwa cheShuttle-Mir mushure mekuedzwa neSoyuz TM-16 yakanyatsogadziriswa muna 1993. Pakutanga, vashanyi veSpace Shuttle vaivhara zvakananga kuKristall, asi izvi zvaida kuti module iendeswe kune imwe nzvimbo kuitira kuti pave nenhambwe yakakwana pakati pezvikwata zvezuva zveMir. Kuti pasave nechikonzero chekufambisa module uye kudzorera maseru ezuva nekuda kwezvinetso zvekubvisa, Mir Docking Module yakazowedzerwa kumagumo e Kristall. Shuttle dzacho dzaiita kuti vashandi vemuchadenga vokuAmerica vachinjire-chinjire pachiteshi uye dzaitakura zvinhu kuenda nokudzoka kuchiteshi, dzichiita zvimwe zvezvinhu zvikuru zvaitakura zvinhu panguva iyoyo. Nechikepe chomuchadenga chakasungirirwa paMir, kuwedzerwa kwenguva pfupi kwenzvimbo dzokugara nedzokushanda kwakaenzana nenzvimbo yakanga iri ngarava huru zvikurusa yomuchadenga munhau panguva iyoyo, ine uwandu hwakasanganiswa hwe. 