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STS-81 launch view
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STS081-S-006 (12 Jan. 1997) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Pad 39B at 4:27:23 a.m. (EST) Jan. 12, 1997 on its way for a docking mission with Russia's Mir Space Station. Onboard are six astronauts and a SPACEHAB Double Module (DM), along with a large supply of food, water, hardware and other materials for Mir. Astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, now onboard Atlantis, will trade places with John E. Blaha, cosmonaut guest researcher, onboard Mir since mid September 1996.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSTS-81 launch view. NASA/JSC, 1998-06-15. Public domain. ID: sts081-s-006.
