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  • STS-79
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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 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.
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COSPAR ID
  • 1996
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Previous Mission
crew size
  • 6
landing date
  • --09-26
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  • Third
SATCAT
  • 24324
Mission Duration
  • 875968.0
crew photo caption
  • Left to right - Seated: Apt, Wilcutt, Readdy, Akers, Walz; Standing: Lucid, Blaha
Name
  • STS-79
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terminology
  • Astronaut
Insignia
  • STS-79 patch.svg
Image caption
  • Atlantis launches on STS-79
crew photo
  • STS-79_crew.jpg
orbit period
  • 5526.0
crew6 down
orbit inclination
  • 51.700000
crew2 up
docking
  • --09-19
Operator
crew launching
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  • Fourth
launch site
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Mission Type
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  • Second
landing site
apsis
  • gee
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  • Fifth
orbit regime
Programme
Launch date
  • --09-16
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  • Fourth
crew members
Position
  • Pilot
  • Commander
  • Mission Specialist 1
  • Mission Specialist 2
  • Mission Specialist 3
  • Mission Specialist 4
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  • Fifth
orbits completed
  • 160
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  • Third
Next Mission
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abstract
  • 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.
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