Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-81
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-81
STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Serial OV-104
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 1997-01-22T14:23:00+0000
Crew
Michael A. Baker
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1953-10-27
Status Retired
Type Government
Brent W. Jett Jr.
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-10-05
Status Retired
Type Government
Jerry M. Linenger
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-01-09
Status Retired
Type Government
John M. Grunsfeld
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-10-10
Status Retired
Type Government
Marsha Ivins
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-04-15
Status Retired
Type Government
Peter Wisoff
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-08-16
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.
