STS-79
Atlantis launches on STS-79
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| Mission type | Shuttle-Mir | ||||
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| Operator | NASA | ||||
| COSPAR ID | 1996-057A | ||||
| SATCAT № | 24324 | ||||
| Mission duration | 10 days, 3 hours, 19 minutes, 28 seconds | ||||
| Distance travelled | 6,300,000 kilometres (3,900,000 mi) | ||||
| Orbits completed | 160 | ||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis | ||||
| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 6 | ||||
| Members |
William F. Readdy Terrence W. Wilcutt Jay Apt Thomas D. Akers Carl E. Walz |
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| Launching | John E. Blaha | ||||
| Landing | Shannon W. Lucid | ||||
| Start of mission | |||||
| Launch date | 16 September 1996, 08:54:49.048 UTC | ||||
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A | ||||
| End of mission | |||||
| Landing date | 26 September 1996, 12:13:20 UTC | ||||
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 | ||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||
| Perigee | 368 kilometres (229 mi) | ||||
| Apogee | 386 kilometres (240 mi) | ||||
| Inclination | 51.7 degrees | ||||
| Period | 92.1 min | ||||
| Docking with Mir | |||||
| Docking port | SO starboard | ||||
| Docking date | 19 September 1996, 03:13:18 UTC | ||||
| Undocking date | 24 September 1996, 01:31:34 UTC | ||||
| Time docked | 4 days, 22 hours, 18 minutes 16 seconds | ||||
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Left to right - Seated: Apt, Wilcutt, Readdy, Akers, Walz; Standing: Lucid, Blaha
STS-79 was the 17th flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis, and the 79th mission of the Space Shuttle program. The flight saw Atlantis dock with the Russian space station Mir to deliver equipment, supplies and relief personnel. A variety of scientific experiments were also conducted aboard Atlantis by her crew. It was the first shuttle mission to rendezvous with a fully assembled Mir, and the fourth rendezvous of a shuttle to the space station.
STS-79 was the first shuttle mission to a fully completed Mir space station, following the arrival of its Priroda module. Atlantis carried the 1,821-kilogram (4,015 lb) Orbiter Docking System. This spaceflight was highlighted by the collection of American astronaut Shannon Lucid after 188 days in space, the first American crewmember exchange aboard the Russian Space Station Mir, and the fourth Shuttle-Mir docking. Lucid's long-duration spaceflight set a new American record, as well as worldwide spaceflight record for a woman astronaut. She embarked to Mir 22 March on the STS-76 mission. Succeeding her on Mir for an approximately four-month stay was John Blaha, who returned in January 1997 with the STS-81 crew. American astronaut Jerry Linenger replaced him.
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