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NASA image: STS-79 crew enjoy a meal on the Mir space station
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Nov 1, 1996

STS-79 crew enjoy a meal on the Mir space station

STS079-354-001 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid gets a beverage at the galley on Russia's Mir Space...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-79 Mission Specialist John E. Blaha arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility with five fellow astronauts, ready to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT is a dress rehearsal for launch for the flight crew and launch team. Over the next several days, the astronauts will take part in training exercises at the launch pad that will culminate in a simulated launch countdown. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is being prepared for liftoff around Sept. 12 on STS-79, the fourth docking between the U.S. Shuttle and Russian Space Station Mir. During the approximately nine-day flight, Blaha will change places with fellow spaceflight veteran Shannon Lucid, who is wrapping up a record-setting stay on Mir. Blaha will remain aboard the Station for about four months, returning to Earth in January 1997 withthe crew of Shuttle Mission STS-81.
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Aug 25, 1996

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-79 Mission Specialist John E. Blaha arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility with five fellow astronauts, ready to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT is a dress rehearsal for launch for the flight crew and launch team. Over the next several days, the astronauts will take part in training exercises at the launch pad that will culminate in a simulated launch countdown. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is being prepared for liftoff around Sept. 12 on STS-79, the fourth docking between the U.S. Shuttle and Russian Space Station Mir. During the approximately nine-day flight, Blaha will change places with fellow spaceflight veteran Shannon Lucid, who is wrapping up a record-setting stay on Mir. Blaha will remain aboard the Station for about four months, returning to Earth in January 1997 withthe crew of Shuttle Mission STS-81.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-79 Mission Specialist John E. Blaha arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility with...

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NASA image: KSC-96pc1110
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Sep 26, 1996

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis returns to KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility from mission STS-79

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NASA image: KSC-96pc1077
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Sep 16, 1996

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-79: Atlantis lifts off from Launch Pad 39A.

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NASA image: KSC-96pc0973
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Aug 13, 1996

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis rolls to the VAB for stacking before rollout to Pad 39A in preparation for...

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NASA image: STS-79 launch
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Sep 16, 1996

STS-79 launch

STS079-S-006 (16 Sept. 1996) --- The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) at Launch Pad 39A are preparing to close the payload doors for flight on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, targeted for liftoff on Mission STS-79 around Sept. 12. The SPACEHAB Double Module located in the aft area of the payload bay is filled with supplies and other items slated for transfer to the Russian Space Station Mir. STS-79 marks the second flight of a SPACEHAB in support of the Shuttle-Mir dockings, and the first flight of the double-module configuration. The SPACEHAB is connected by tunnel to the Orbiter Docking System (ODS), with the Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APDS) clearly visible on top of the ODS. The APDS provides the docking interface for the linkup with Mir, while the ODS provides a passageway from the orbiter to the Russian space station and the SPACEHAB.
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Aug 22, 1996

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) at Launch Pad 39A are preparing to close the payload doors for flight on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, targeted for liftoff on Mission STS-79 around Sept. 12. The SPACEHAB Double Module located in the aft area of the payload bay is filled with supplies and other items slated for transfer to the Russian Space Station Mir. STS-79 marks the second flight of a SPACEHAB in support of the Shuttle-Mir dockings, and the first flight of the double-module configuration. The SPACEHAB is connected by tunnel to the Orbiter Docking System (ODS), with the Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APDS) clearly visible on top of the ODS. The APDS provides the docking interface for the linkup with Mir, while the ODS provides a passageway from the orbiter to the Russian space station and the SPACEHAB.

NASA image: Astronauts Akers and Readdy with Mir 22 commander Korzun in Base Block
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Sep 19, 1996

Astronauts Akers and Readdy with Mir 22 commander Korzun in Base Block

STS79-E-5088 (19 September 1996) --- Left to right, Valeri G. Korzun, Thomas D. Akers and William F. Readdy discuss...

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NASA image: Astronaut Blaha tries on his Russian launch and entry suit
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Sep 20, 1996

Astronaut Blaha tries on his Russian launch and entry suit

NM22-416-017 (20 Sept. 1996) --- One of the first priorities of astronaut John E. Blaha, mission specialist for...

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NASA image: KSC-96pc1125
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Sep 26, 1996

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-79 mission comes to a successful conclusion as the orbiter Atlantis touches...

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Sep 26, 1996

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-79 mission comes to a successful conclusion as the orbiter Atlantis touches...

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NASA image: MS Lucid and Blaha with MGBX aboard the Mir space station Priroda module
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Mar 26, 1997

MS Lucid and Blaha with MGBX aboard the Mir space station Priroda module

STS079-S-092 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronauts Shannon W. Lucid and John E. Blaha work at a microgravity glove box...

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NASA image: Mir 21 crew portraits
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Jul 14, 1995

Mir 21 crew portraits

S95-16678 (September 1995) --- NASA astronauts Shannon W. Lucid and John E. Blaha next year will follow the lead of...

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NASA image: Astronaut Wilcutt floats through Mir Base Block
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Sep 21, 1996

Astronaut Wilcutt floats through Mir Base Block

STS79-E-5198 (21 September 1996) --- Astronaut Terrence W. Wilcutt, STS-79 pilot, floats through Russia's Mir Space...

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NASA image: Mir 22 crew in-flight portrait
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Sep 23, 1996

Mir 22 crew in-flight portrait

STS79-E-5294 (23 September 1996) --- Left to right, cosmonaut Aleksandr Y. Kaleri, Mir-22 flight engineer; astronaut...

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NASA image: KSC-96PC1044
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Aug 20, 1996

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Atlantis completes the trip to Launch Pad 39A from the Vehicle...

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NASA image: Microgravity
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Apr 15, 2004

Microgravity

Test cells comprise specimen sand contained in a latex membrane (with a grid pattern for CCD cameras) between metal...

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NASA image: Microgravity
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Apr 15, 2004

Microgravity

Computed tomography (CT) images of resin-impregnated Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM) specimens are assembled...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Aug 9, 1995

Space Shuttle Projects

Astronaut Shannon Lucid is seen egressing from a training version of a soyez spacecraft, during a water survival...

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NASA image: MS Lucid places samples in the TEHOF aboard the Spektr module
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Mar 26, 1997

MS Lucid places samples in the TEHOF aboard the Spektr module

STS079-S-082 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Cosmonaut guest researcher Shannon W. Lucid and Valeri G. Korzun, her Mir-22...

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NASA image: KSC-96pc1124
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Sep 26, 1996

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A KSC fire truck stands on alert as the STS-79 Space Shuttle Atlantis hurtles down...

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NASA image: KSC-96pc1126
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Sep 26, 1996

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The drag chute is deployed as the orbiter Atlantis swoops down on Runway 15 of KSC's...

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NASA image: ETTF - Apt inserts sample into experiment in Spacehab
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Sep 17, 1996

ETTF - Apt inserts sample into experiment in Spacehab

STS79-E-5018 (17 September 1996) --- Astronaut Jerome (Jay) Apt prepares experiment, a rod-like device for insertion...

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NASA image: Mission commander Readdy checks center-line camera in ODS
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Sep 18, 1996

Mission commander Readdy checks center-line camera in ODS

STS-79 mission commander William F. Readdy checks the center-line docking camera in the orbiter docking system (ODS)...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) at Launch Pad 39A are preparing to close...

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