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 View of Mir from Atlantis, with damage to one of Spektr's solar arrays visible | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-86 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Shuttle-Mir |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1997-055A |
| SATCAT no. | 24964 |
| Mission duration | 10 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes, 12 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 7,000,000 kilometres (4,300,000 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 170 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Landing mass | 114,185 kilograms (251,735 lb) |
| Payload mass | 8,375 kilograms (18,464 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Launching | |
| Landing | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 26 September 1997, 02:34:19 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 6 October 1997, 21:55 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 354 kilometres (220 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 381 kilometres (237 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 91.9 min |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | SO starboard |
| Docking date | 27 September 1997, 19:58 UTC |
| Undocking date | 3 October 1997, 17:28:15 UTC |
| Time docked | 5 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 | |
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.