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STS-81 fact sheets]]

Atlantis
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Launch Date: December 5, 1996 

Launch Time: TBD

Launch Window: 6 minutes 

Duration: 9 Days 

Orbit: altitude: approximately 250 miles(at docking)inclination: 51.6 degrees

Purpose: 

Dock with Mir 
-Transfer of astronauts 

Experiments 
-SpaceHab 
-Sarex II (Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment) 
-KidSat 

A spacewalk by Linenger and one of his Russian cosmonaut crewmates 

Crew:
Michael Baker (Mission Commander)
Brent Jett, JR. (Pilot) 
John Grunsfield (Mission Specialist)
Marsha Ivins (Mission Specialist)
Jerrry Linenger (Mission Specialist)
Peter Wisoff (Mission Specialist) 

To find out more about STS-81 use the following URL    HTTP://shuttle.nasa.gov

07/10/96     Chapter 3 fact sheet