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The crew patch for STS-81 , the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission, is shaped to represent the Roman numeral V. The...
This is a large 2 mm crystal of histone octamer, grown on STS-81. A very dynamic structure which functions in many...
1 mm histone octamer crystal grown on STS-81. A very dynamic structure which functions in many aspects of gene...
STS081-338-037 (12-22 Jan. 1997) --- Astronaut Michael A. Baker, STS-81 commander, mans the commander's station on...
S96-15402 (26 Sept. 1996) --- In the Johnson Space Center's weightless environment training facility, astronaut John...
S96-15407 (26 Sept. 1996) --- In the Johnson Space Center's weightless environment training facility, astronaut...
STS081-S-001 (June 1996) --- The STS-81 crew patch for the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission, is shaped to represent...
S96-15393 (26 Sept. 1996) --- In the Johnson Space Center's weightless environment training facility, astronaut...
S96-15405 (26 Sept. 1996) --- In the Johnson Space Center's weightless environment training facility, astronaut...
STS081-E-05504 (16 Jan. 1997) --- Astronaut John E. Blaha re-unites with the familiar surroundings of the Space...
S97-00253 (10 Dec. 1996) ---- After clearing the high bay door of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the space...
S97-00252 (15 Dec. 1996) --- Astronaut Brent W. Jett Jr., STS-81 pilot, arrives in a NASA T-38 jet trainer at the...
STS081-369-028 (12-22 Jan. 1997) --- On the eve of undocking of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and Russia's Mir Space...
S97-00248 (15 Dec. 1996) --- Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, STS-81 mission specialist, arrives in a NASA T-38 jet...
STS081-368-011 (12-22 Jan. 1997) --- Astronaut Brent W. Jett, Jr., STS-81 pilot, appears restful and unfazed as...
S96-15388 (26 Sept. 1996) --- In the Johnson Space Center's weightless environment training facility, astronaut...
S97-00249 (10 Dec. 1996) --- Having departed the giant Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the space shuttle Atlantis...
STS-42 closeup view shows Student Experiment 81-09 (SE 81-09), Convection in Zero Gravity experiment, with radial...
STS081-350-013 (12-22 Jan 1997) --- Members of Mir-22 crew show appreciation for small flash lights brought up by...
S97-00251 (5 Dec. 1996) --- The SPACEHAB-DM double module, scheduled to be used during STS-81 to transport Russian...
S97-00247 (15 Dec. 1996) --- The STS-81 mission flight crew poses outside the hatch of the space shuttle Atlantis at...
STS081-357-020 (12-22 Jan. 1997) --- Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, STS-81 mission specialist, compares notes with...
STS081-369-003 (12-22 Jan. 1997) --- Traditional inflight crew portrait of the combined Mir-22 and STS-81 crews in...
STS-81 crew in the White Room at LC 39