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.
Mir Docking Module
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The Mir Docking Module, formally known as the Stykovochnyy Otsek, was the sixth module of the Russian space station Mir, launched in November 1995 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The module, built
The docking module seen in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-74, prior to docking with Mir.
Interior of Docking Module
Interior view of Rassvet, compared to the Mir Docking Module above
Rassvet is a mirror image of the Mir Docking Module