Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-71
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-71
STS-71 was the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program and the first Space Shuttle docking to Russian space station Mir. It started on 27 June 1995 with the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle delivered a relief crew of two cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin to the station and recovered Increment astronaut Norman Thagard. Atlantis returned to Earth on 7 July with a crew of eight. It was the first of seven straight missions to Mir flown by Atlantis.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Serial OV-104
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 1995-07-07T14:55:00+0000
Crew
Robert L. Gibson
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-10-30
Status Retired
Type Government
Charles J. Precourt
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-06-29
Status Retired
Type Government
Anatoly Solovyev
Mission Specialist
Nationality Russian
Date Of Birth 1948-01-16
Status Retired
Type Government
Bonnie J. Dunbar
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-03-03
Status Retired
Type Government
Ellen S. Baker
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1953-04-27
Status Retired
Type Government
Gregory Harbaugh
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-04-15
Status Retired
Type Government
Nikolai Budarin
Mission Specialist
Nationality Russian
Date Of Birth 1963-04-29
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Mir
Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996.
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
Shuttle–Mir
The Shuttle–Mir program was a collaborative 11-mission space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the Shuttle, and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to engage in long-duration expeditions aboard Mir.
