STS-86

STS-86
View of Mir from Atlantis, with damage to one of Spektr's solar arrays visible
NamesSpace Transportation System-86
Mission typeShuttle-Mir
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1997-055A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.24964
Mission duration10 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes, 12 seconds
Distance travelled7,000,000 kilometres (4,300,000 mi)
Orbits completed170
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Atlantis
Landing mass114,185 kilograms (251,735 lb)
Payload mass8,375 kilograms (18,464 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Launching
Landing
Start of mission
Launch date26 September 1997, 02:34:19 (1997-09-26UTC02:34:19Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date6 October 1997, 21:55 (1997-10-06UTC21:56Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude354 kilometres (220 mi)
Apogee altitude381 kilometres (237 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period91.9 min
Docking with Mir
Docking portSO starboard
Docking date27 September 1997, 19:58 UTC
Undocking date3 October 1997, 17:28:15 UTC
Time docked5 days, 21 hours, 30 minutes 15 seconds

Left to right – Front row: Bloomfield, Wetherbee, Lawrence; Back row: Chrétien, Parazynski, Titov, Foale. Wolf was not assigned to the mission at the time of this photo
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STS-86 was a Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. This was the last Atlantis mission before it was taken out of service temporarily for maintenance and upgrades, including the glass cockpit.