STS-86 Mission Summary
Launch
September 25, 1997,
10:34:19 p.m. EDT
On-time liftoff occurred after final approval for flight to Mir given
earlier in day by NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, following his review
of independent and internal safety assessments regarding safety of Mir
and Shuttle-Mir missions. The reviews included assessments conducted routinely
prior to Shuttle-Mir dockings and two independent studies prompted by
a spate of problems on the station, including a fire and a collision.
Landing
October 6, 1997,
5:55:09 p.m. EDT
Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Rollout distance: 11,947 feet (3,641
meters). Rollout time: one minute, 22 seconds. Mission duration: 10 days,
19 hours, 20 minutes, 50 seconds. Landed on revolution 170, on the first
opportunity after two opportunities on Oct. 5 were waved off due to low
clouds. Last flight of Atlantis prior to departure to California for second
Orbiter Maintenance Down Period (OMDP). Scheduled to return to KSC in
late August 1998 to begin preparations for STS-92, third International
Space Station assembly flight.
Crew
List
James
D. Wetherbee, Commander
Michael
J. Bloomfield, Pilot
Scott
E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist
Wendy
B. Lawrence, Mission Specialist
Vladimir
G. Titov, RSA Mission Specialist
Jean-Loup
J. M. ChrΘtien, CNES Mission Specialist
NASA-6
Arrival
David
A. Wolf, Mission Specialist
NASA-4
Departure
C. Michael
Foale, Mission Specialist
Crew
Biographies
Mission
Highlights
