STS-79 Mission

Launch Service Provider

United Space Alliance

Vehicle

Space Shuttle

Crew

William F. Readdy

Terrence W. Wilcutt

Carl E. Walz

Jerome Apt

Thomas Akers

John E. Blaha

STS-79 was the 17th flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis, and the 79th mission of the Space Shuttle program. The flight saw Atlantis dock with the Russian space station Mir to deliver equipment, supplies and relief personnel. A variety of scientific experiments were also conducted aboard Atlantis by her crew. It was the first shuttle mission to rendezvous with a fully assembled Mir, and the fourth rendezvous of a shuttle to the space station.