Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 185

STS-76

Atlantis (16)

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  22.03.1996
Launch time:  08:13 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-B
Altitude:  296 km
Inclination:  51,6°
Docking MIR:  24.03.1996, 02:34:05 UT
Undocking MIR:  29.03.1996, 01:08:03 UT
Landing date:  31.03.1996
Landing time:  13:28 UT
Landing site:  Edwards AFB

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STS-76 crew

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Chilton  Kevin Patrick "Chily"  CDR 3 9d 05h 16m  144 
2 USA  Searfoss  Richard Alan  PLT 2 9d 05h 16m  144 
3 USA  Sega  Ronald Michael  MSP 2 9d 05h 16m  144 
4 USA  Clifford  Michael Richard Uram "Rich"  MSP 3 9d 05h 16m  144 
5 USA  Godwin  Linda Maxine  MSP 3 9d 05h 16m  144 
6 USA  Lucid  Matilda Shannon Wells  MSP 5 188d 04h 00m  2977 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Chilton
2  Searfoss
3  Sega
4  Clifford
5  Godwin
6  Lucid
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Chilton
2  Searfoss
3  Godwin
4  Clifford
5  Sega
6  

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
6 USA  Blaha  John Elmer  MSP
John Blaha

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Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Edwards AFB; small leak of hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic system, but no Minimum Duration Flight was necessary.

Docking on MIR spacestation; Shannon Lucid became member of the 21st resident crew onboard the MIR (as research cosmonaut); during the common-flight of STS-76 and MIR Godwin and Clifford performed an EVA on 27.03.1996 (6h 2m) to attach the Mir Environmental Effects Payload (MEEP), including 4 different experiments, onto handrails located on the Mir Docking Module; after 5 days of common flight separation.

Note

Lucid landed on 26.09.1996 at 12:13 UT with STS-79.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle MIR since 07.05.1996
STS-76 rollout STS-76 launch
MIR EVA Clifford
STS-76 in orbit traditional in-flight photo STS-76
STS-76 landing  

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