STS-79
Sign in to saveSTS-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 to exchange personnel participating in long-duration stays aboard the station as part of the Shuttle–Mir program. 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.
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- STS-79 commander Readdy (left) and Mir EO-22 commander Korzun (right) in Mir Docking Module
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- Shuttle–Mir program
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- NASA
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- 160
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- Kennedy, LC-39A
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- United Space Alliance
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- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
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- 6
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- John E. Blaha
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- Shannon W. Lucid
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- Seated, from left: Apt, Wilcutt, Readdy, Akers and Walz; Standing: Lucid and Blaha
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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 to exchange personnel participating in long-duration stays aboard the station as part of the Shuttle–Mir program. 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.
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