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[[image]] STS-86 fact sheet [[image]] Endeavour Launch Date: TBA (most likely late September, 1997) Duration: 9 days Orbit: altitude: approximately 250 miles (at docking) inclination: 51.6 degrees Purpose: Dock with Mir Transfer of Astronauts (Michel Foale will leave Mir and Wendy Lawrence will take his place on the Russian Space Station) Experiments SpaceHab-DM KidSat A spacewalk to retrieve the four Mir Environmental Effects Payloads attached to the Mir's docking module. KidSat: The camera will be mounted for approximately 30 hours (continuously) before docking and 30 hours (continuously) after undocking. Crew: James D. Wetherbee (Mission Commander) Mike Bloomfield (Pilot) Scott Parazynski (Mission Specialist) Vladimir Titov (Mission Specialist, Russia) Jean-Loup Chretien (Mission Specialist, France) Wendy Lawrence (Mission Specialist) Michael Foale (Mission Specialist) To find out more about STS-86 use the following URL http://shuttle.nasa.gov Teachers' Handbook Page 45