STS-79
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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
STS-79 commander Readdy (left) and Mir EO-22 commander Korzun (right) in Mir's Docking Module
Seated, from left: Apt, Wilcutt, Readdy, Akers and Walz; Standing: Lucid and BlahaSpace Shuttle program← STS-78STS-80 →
An overhead view of Atlantis as she sits atop the mobile launcher platform (MLP) before the launch of STS-79.
Mir as seen during the undocking of Atlantis.
STS-86
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STS-86 was a Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. This was the last Atlantis mission before it was taken out of service temporarily for maintenance and upgrades, including the glas
View of Mir from Atlantis, with damage to one of Spektr's solar arrays visible
Left to right – Front row: Wolf, Bloomfield, Wetherbee, Lawrence; Back row: Chrétien, Parazynski, Titov, Foale. An early version of this photograph omitted Wolf.Space Shuttle program← STS-85 (86)STS-87 (88) →
Launch of STS-86
Atlantis lands on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility at the end of the STS-86 mission.