Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-71

Name: Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-71
Start: 1995-06-27T19:32:19.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Lockheed Martin Space Operations · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Lockheed Martin Space Operations's 1st launch · 1st this year · humanity's 3,995th orbital launch attempt

June 27, 1995Add to calendar

Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jun 27, 19:32 – Jun 27, 19:32 UTC

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STS-71

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.

Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)