STS-81
1997 American crewed spaceflight to Mir / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station.
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Names | Space Transportation System-81 |
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Mission type | Shuttle-Mir |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1997-001A |
SATCAT no. | 24711 |
Mission duration | 10 days, 4 hours, 56 minutes, 30 seconds |
Distance travelled | 6,100,000 kilometres (3,800,000 mi) |
Orbits completed | 160 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
Payload mass | 2,250 kilograms (4,960 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members | |
Launching | |
Landing | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | January 12, 1997, 09:27:23 (1997-01-12UTC09:27:23Z) UTC |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B |
End of mission | |
Landing date | January 22, 1997, 14:23:51 (1997-01-22UTC14:23:52Z) UTC |
Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 33 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 380 kilometres (240 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 392 kilometres (244 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 92.2 min |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | SO starboard |
Docking date | January 15, 1997, 03:54:49 UTC |
Undocking date | January 20, 1997, 02:15:44 UTC |
Time docked | 4 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes 55 seconds |
Left to right - Front: Jett, Baker; Back: Grunsfeld, Blaha, Wisoff, Linenger, Ivins |
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