STS-74
Sign in to saveSTS-74 was the fourth mission of the US/Russian Shuttle–Mir program, and the second docking of the Space Shuttle with Mir. Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A on 12 November 1995. The mission ended 8 days later with the landing of Atlantis back at Kennedy. It was the second in a series of seven straight missions to the station flown by Atlantis.
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- STS-74
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- Space Transportation System-74
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- Shuttle-Mir Approach (29053887780).jpg
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- Atlantis approaches Mir with the station's Docking Module in its payload bay
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- STS-74 mission patch
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- Shuttle-Mir
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- NASA
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- 128
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- 8 days, 04 hours, 31 minutes, 42 seconds
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- Kennedy, LC-39A
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- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
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- 5
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- STS-74_crew.jpg
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- Left to right: Halsell, Cameron; Standing: McArthur, Ross, Hadfield
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- gee
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission background
- Mission timeline
- 12 November (launch and flight day 1)
- 13 November (flight day 2)
- 14 November (flight day 3)
- 15 November (flight day 4 and docking)
- 16–19 November (flight days 5–8)
- 20 November (flight day 9 and landing)
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-74 was the fourth mission of the US/Russian Shuttle–Mir program, and the second docking of the Space Shuttle with Mir. Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A on 12 November 1995. The mission ended 8 days later with the landing of Atlantis back at Kennedy. It was the second in a series of seven straight missions to the station flown by Atlantis.
The shuttle delivered a pair of solar arrays along with the Russian-built Mir Docking Module to allow docking with the station by the space shuttle without moving Mir's Kristall module. During the three-day docking, the Russian, Canadian, and American crew transferred supplies and equipment between Atlantis and Mir, moved several long-term experiments, and upgraded the station with new equipment, particularly during the installation of the docking module.