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STS-71

Space ShuttleLockheed Martin Space OperationsLaunch Complex 39A
Tuesday, June 27, 1995 · 07:32 PM UTCAdd to Calendar

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Space Shuttle

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HeightN/A
LEO PayloadN/A
Launches9
Successes9

Provider

Lockheed Martin Space Operations

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Mission Brief

STS-71 was the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program and the first Space Shuttle docking to Russian space station Mir. It started on 27 June 1995 with the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle delivered a relief crew of two cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin to the station and recovered Increment astronaut Norman Thagard. Atlantis returned to Earth on 7 July with a crew of eight. It was the first of seven straight missions to Mir flown by Atlantis.

PayloadSTS-71
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerShuttle–Mir, Space Shuttle, Mir
Stages0
PadLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission Timeline

14 / 14100%

Ground vector

Launch site

Site locked

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Global range
SITE LOCK
Latitude
28.608°N
Longitude
80.604°W

Range Weather

Launch commit criteria

Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules

Tracking no weather issues at this time.

Primary concern
No weather issues
Rule count
0
Temperature
Not reported
Surface wind
Not reported
Window

07:32 PM UTC - 07:32 PM UTC

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.