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STS-71 (Flight # 69) 27 June - 7 July 1995

Atlantis (14)

Crew:
    Robert L. Gibson [5], Commander
    Charles J. Precourt [2], Pilot
    Ellen S. Baker [3], Mission Specialist
    Bonnie J. Dunbar [4], Mission Specialist
    Gregory J. Harbaugh [3], Mission Specialist

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    Anatoliy Solovyev [4], MIR-19
    Nikolai Budarin [1], MIR-19

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    Norman E. Thagard, MIR-18
    Vladimir Dezhurov, MIR-18
    Gennadi Strekalov, MIR-18

Launch:
    Pad: 39-A (42)
    Date: 27 June 1995
    Time: 19:32:19 UTC

Orbit:
    Altitude: 170 nm
    Inclination: 51.6 degrees
    Orbits: 153
    Duration: 9 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes, 15 seconds
    Distance: 4.1 million miles

Landing:
    Location: Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, FL (23)
    Date: 7 July 1995
    Time: 14:54:34 UTC
    Rollout: 51 seconds (2,549 meters, 8,364 feet)

Highlights:
    First Mir docking. A Mir crew exchange was accomplished.