Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-79
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-79
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.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Serial OV-104
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 1996-09-26T12:13:00+0000
Crew
William F. Readdy
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-01-24
Status Retired
Type Government
Terrence W. Wilcutt
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-10-31
Status Retired
Type Government
Carl E. Walz
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-09-06
Status Retired
Type Government
Jerome Apt
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-04-28
Status Retired
Type Government
John E. Blaha
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1942-08-26
Status Retired
Type Government
Thomas Akers
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-05-20
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
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.
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.
