STS-84

STS-84

Atlantis lifts off from LC-39A to begin STS-84
Mission type	Shuttle-Mir
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1997-023A
SATCAT №	24804
Mission duration	9 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes, 47 seconds
Distance travelled	6,000,000 kilometres (3,700,000 mi)
Orbits completed	144
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Atlantis
Landing mass	100,285 kilograms (221,091 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	Charles Precourt Eileen M. Collins Jean-François Clervoy Carlos I. Noriega Edward T. Lu Yelena V. Kondakova
Launching	C. Michael Foale
Landing	Jerry M. Linenger
Start of mission
Launch date	15 May 1997, 09:07:48.62 (1997-05-15UTC09:07:48Z) UTC
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date	24 May 1997, 13:27:44 (1997-05-24UTC13:27:45Z) UTC
Landing site	Kennedy SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	377 kilometres (234 mi)
Apogee	393 kilometres (244 mi)
Inclination	51.7 degrees
Period	92.3 min
Docking with Mir
Docking port	SO starboard
Docking date	17 May 1997, 02:33:20 UTC
Undocking date	22 May 1997, 01:03:56 UTC
Time docked	4 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes 36 seconds
Left to right - Seated: Linenger, Precourt, Foale; Standing: Clervoy, Collins, Lu, Kondakova, Noriega Space Shuttle program ← STS-83 STS-94 →

Left to right - Seated: Linenger, Precourt, Foale; Standing: Clervoy, Collins, Lu, Kondakova, Noriega

STS-84 was a manned spaceflight mission by Space Shuttle Atlantis to the Mir space station.

The STS-84 mission was the sixth Shuttle/Mir docking mission and is part of the NASA/Mir program which consisted of nine Shuttle-Mir dockings and seven long duration flights of U.S. astronauts aboard the Russian space station. The prior Shuttle-Mir missions were STS-71, STS-74, STS-76, STS-79 and STS-81. The U.S. astronauts launched and landed on a Shuttle and servd as Mir crew members while the Russian Mir crewmembers used their Soyuz vehicle for launch and landing. This series of missions expanded U.S. research on Mir by providing resupply materials for experiments to be performed aboard the station as well as returning experiment samples and data to Earth.

STS-84 involved the transfer of 3,318 kilograms (7,315 lb) of water and logistics to and from the Mir. During the docked phase, 465 kilograms (1,025 lb) of water, 383.2 kilograms (845 lb) of U.S. science equipment, 1,168.6 kilograms (2,576 lb) of Russian logistics along with 178.1 kilograms (393 lb) of miscellaneous material were transferred to Mir. Returning to Earth aboard Atlantis were 407.1 kilograms (898 lb) of U.S. science material, 531.2 kilograms (1,171 lb) of Russian logistics, 14 kilograms (31 lb) of ESA material and 170.7 kilograms (376 lb) of miscellaneous material.