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Mission "STS-79"
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Mission "STS-79"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION |
| Registration number | 1996-057A / 24324 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) | 08h.54m.49s. September 16, 1996 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle | Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) | |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 51.6 |
| - period (minutes) | 89.0 |
| - perigee (km) | 158 |
| - apogee (km) | 293 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) | 12h.14m.34s. September 26, 1996 |
| - rollout time (sec.) | 81 |
| Place of landing | Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, FL |
| Duration | 10d.03h.19m.45s. |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 159 |
| Summary | 17th fly of space shuttle "Atlantis". 28th expedition to the orbital station "Mir" . 4th fly of program "Mir-Shuttle". John Blaha take the place of Lucid Shannon at the station till next fly of "Atlantis" . |
| LAUNCHED CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr VE-17/MIR |
Readdy, William Francis | ||
| 2 | Plt VE-17/MIR |
Wilcutt, Terrence Wade | ||
| 3 | MS VE-17/MIR |
Apt III, Jerome | ||
| 4 | MS/FE VE-17/MIR |
Akers, Thomas Dale | ||
| 5 | MS VE-17/MIR |
Walz, Carl Erwin | ||
| 6 | MS AI/PE-22/MIR |
Blaha, John Elmer | Linenger, Jerry Michael | |
| Call sign | Atlantis | |||
| LANDED CREW |
| Order number |
Status | Crew |
| 1 | Cdr VE-17/MIR |
Readdy, William Francis |
| 2 | Plt VE-17/MIR |
Wilcutt, Terrence Wade |
| 3 | MS VE-17/MIR |
Apt III, Jerome |
| 4 | MS/FE VE-17/MIR |
Akers, Thomas Dale |
| 5 | MS VE-17/MIR |
Walz, Carl Erwin |
| 6 | MS AI/PE-21,22/MIR |
(w) Lucid, Shannon Matilda (Wells) |
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UTC) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Sep 16, 1996 | 08:54:49 | 1 | Mir:60426 | Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-79" (crew: Readdy, Wilcutt, Apt, Akers, Walz, Blaha ). |
| Sep 19, 1996 | 03:13:18 | 45 | Mir:60469 | Docking of "STS-79" mission spacecraft (crew: Readdy, Wilcutt, Apt, Akers, Walz, Blaha ) to module "Kristall" (oriented along axis -Z) of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM24" - "Progress M-32" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after docking: Lucid, Korzun, Kaleri, Readdy, Wilcutt, Apt, Akers, Walz, Blaha. | |||
| Sep 24, 1996 | 01:31:34 | 122 | Mir:60546 | Undocking of "STS-79" mission spacecraft (crew: Readdy, Wilcutt, Apt, Akers, Walz, Lucid ) from module "Kristall" (oriented along axis -Z) of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM24" - "Progress M-32" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after undocking: Korzun, Kaleri, Blaha. | |||
| Sep 26, 1996 | 11:06:14 | 160 | Mir:60583 | Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-79" (crew: Readdy, Wilcutt, Apt, Akers, Walz, Lucid ). |
| Sep 26, 1996 | 12:14:34 | 160 | Mir:60584 | Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-79" (crew: Readdy, Wilcutt, Apt, Akers, Walz, Lucid ). |
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