STS-79

Atlantis (17)

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	16.09.1996
Launch time:	08:54 UT
Launch site:	Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:	39-A
Altitude:	315 - 394 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking MIR:	19.09.1996, 03:13:18 UT
Undocking MIR:	24.09.1996, 01:31:34 UT
Landing date:	26.09.1996
Landing time:	12:13 UT
Landing site:	Cape Canaveral (KSC)

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Readdy	William Francis "Bill"	CDR	3	10d 03h 19m	160
2	Wilcutt	Terrence Wade	PLT	2	10d 03h 19m	160
3	Apt	Jerome "Jay"	MSP	4	10d 03h 19m	160
4	Akers	Thomas Dale	MSP	4	10d 03h 19m	160
5	Walz	Carl Erwin	MSP	3	10d 03h 19m	160
6	Blaha	John Elmer	MSP	5	128d 05h 28m	2027

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Readdy
2	Wilcutt
3	Apt
4	Akers
5	Walz
6	Blaha

Landing
1	Readdy
2	Wilcutt
3	Walz
4	Akers
5	Apt
6	Lucid

Backup Crew

No.		Surname	Given names	Job
6		Linenger	Jerry Michael	MSP

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Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC).

Fourth docking with MIR space station; common mission with the 22. MIR resident crew (19. - 24.09.1996); partly crew exchange with MIR resident crew (Shannon Lucid returned to Earth, Blaha remained on MIR); supplies and equipment were also transferred between the MIR and the Shuttle including an IMAX-camera.