Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
STS-76
Third linkup between U.S. Space Shuttle and Russian Space Station Mir highlighted by transfer of veteran astronaut Shannon Lucid to Mir to become first American woman to live on station. Her approximately four-and-a-half month stay also eclipsed long-duration U.S. spaceflight record set by first American to live on Mir, Norm Thagard. Lucid was succeeded by astronaut John Blaha during STS-79 in August, giving her distinction of membership in four different flight crews—two U.S. and two Russian—and her stay on Mir kicked off continuous U.S. presence in space for the next two years.
Total Mass: 6,753.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
1996
19th orbital launch attempt
Space Shuttle
76th mission
3rd mission of 1996
75th successful mission
51st consecutive successful mission