Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-74
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-74
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.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Serial OV-104
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Retired
Landing Time 1995-11-20T17:01:00+0000
Crew
Kenneth D. Cameron
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-11-29
Status Retired
Type Government
James Halsell
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-09-29
Status Retired
Type Government
Chris Hadfield
Mission Specialist
Nationality Canadian
Date Of Birth 1959-08-29
Status Retired
Type Government
Jerry L. Ross
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1948-01-20
Status Retired
Type Government
William S. McArthur
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-07-26
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.
