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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mir_from_STS-81.jpg/520px-Mir_from_STS-81.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4157" data-file-height="4157" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">View of <i>Mir</i> from <i>Atlantis</i>, with the <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-24" title="Soyuz TM-24">Soyuz-TM <i>Fregat</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Progress_M-33" title="Progress M-33">Progress 233</a> docked</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Names</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Space_Transportation_System" title="Space Transportation System">Space Transportation System</a>-81</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mission type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shuttle-Mir_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Shuttle-Mir program">Shuttle-Mir</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Designator" title="International Designator">COSPAR ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1997-001A">1997-001A</a></span><span class="ib-edit-wd"> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1128120#P247" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Catalog_Number" title="Satellite Catalog Number">SATCAT <abbr title="number">no.</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">24711</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mission duration</th><td class="infobox-data">10<span class="nowrap"> </span>days, 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>hours, 56<span class="nowrap"> </span>minutes, 30<span class="nowrap"> </span>seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distance travelled</th><td class="infobox-data">6,100,000 kilometres (3,800,000 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Orbits completed</th><td class="infobox-data">160</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Spacecraft properties</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spacecraft</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></span> <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis"><i>Atlantis</i></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Payload mass</th><td class="infobox-data">2,250 kilograms (4,960 lb)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Crew</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Crew size</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Members</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_A._Baker" title="Michael A. Baker">Michael A. Baker</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Brent_W._Jett,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Brent W. Jett, Jr.">Brent W. Jett, Jr.</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_J.K._Wisoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter J.K. Wisoff">Peter J.K. Wisoff</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Grunsfeld" title="John M. Grunsfeld">John M. Grunsfeld</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Marsha_Ivins" title="Marsha Ivins">Marsha Ivins</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launching</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_M._Linenger" title="Jerry M. Linenger">Jerry M. Linenger</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Blaha" title="John E. Blaha">John E. Blaha</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 12, 1997, 09:27:23<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1997-01-12UTC09:27:23Z</span>)</span> UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39B" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B">LC-39B</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">End of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 22, 1997, 14:23:51<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1997-01-22UTC14:23:52Z</span>)</span> UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing site</th><td class="infobox-data">Kennedy, <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Landing_Facility" title="Shuttle Landing Facility">SLF Runway 33</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital parameters</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference system</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geocentric_orbit" title="Geocentric orbit">Geocentric</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regime</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">Low Earth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Perigee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">380 kilometres (240 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Apogee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">392 kilometres (244 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">51.6 degrees</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Period</a></th><td class="infobox-data">92.2 min</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Docking with <a href="/wiki/Mir" title="Mir">Mir</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Docking port</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mir_Docking_Module" title="Mir Docking Module">SO</a> starboard</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Docking date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 15, 1997, 03:54:49<span class="nowrap"> </span>UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Undocking date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 20, 1997, 02:15:44<span class="nowrap"> </span>UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time docked</th><td class="infobox-data">4 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes 55 seconds</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sts-81-patch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Sts-81-patch.png/180px-Sts-81-patch.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Sts-81-patch.png/270px-Sts-81-patch.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Sts-81-patch.png/360px-Sts-81-patch.png 2x" data-file-width="2547" data-file-height="1938" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-81_crew.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/STS-81_crew.jpg/220px-STS-81_crew.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/STS-81_crew.jpg/330px-STS-81_crew.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/STS-81_crew.jpg/440px-STS-81_crew.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="633" /></a></span><br />Left to right - Front: Jett, Baker; Back: Grunsfeld, Blaha, Wisoff, Linenger, Ivins<div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center; border-top:1px #aaa solid"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" title="Space Shuttle program">Space Shuttle program</a></div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/STS-80" title="STS-80">STS-80</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/STS-82" title="STS-82">STS-82</a> →</div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>STS-81</b> was a January 1997 <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis"><i>Atlantis</i></a> mission to the <a href="/wiki/Mir" title="Mir">Mir</a> space station. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crew">Crew</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-81&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Crew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:150px;"><a href="/wiki/Astronaut_ranks_and_positions" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Position</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:150px;">Launching Astronaut </th> <th scope="col" style="width:150px;">Landing Astronaut </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Commander </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Michael_A._Baker" title="Michael A. Baker">Michael A. Baker</a><br />Fourth and last spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Pilot </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brent_W._Jett,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Brent W. Jett, Jr.">Brent W. Jett, Jr.</a><br />Second spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 1 </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Peter_J.K._Wisoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter J.K. Wisoff">Peter J.K. Wisoff</a><br />Third spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 2<br />Flight Engineer </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_M._Grunsfeld" title="John M. Grunsfeld">John M. Grunsfeld</a><br />Second spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 3 </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Marsha_Ivins" title="Marsha Ivins">Marsha Ivins</a><br />Fourth spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 4 </th> <td colspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_M._Linenger" title="Jerry M. Linenger">Jerry M. Linenger</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_EO-22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mir EO-22 (page does not exist)">EO-22</a><br />Second and last spaceflight </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_E._Blaha" title="John E. Blaha">John E. Blaha</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_EO-22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mir EO-22 (page does not exist)">EO-22</a><br />Fifth and last spaceflight </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crew_seat_assignments">Crew seat assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-81&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Crew seat assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Seat<sup id="cite_ref-spacefacts_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spacefacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Launch </th> <th>Landing </th> <td rowspan="8"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/150px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/225px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/300px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="834" /></a></span><br />Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.<br />Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck. </td></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td colspan="2">Baker </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td colspan="2">Jett </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>Wisoff </td> <td>Ivins </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td colspan="2">Grunsfeld </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>Ivins </td> <td>Wisoff </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>Linenger </td> <td>Blaha </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgray"><i>Unused</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission_highlights">Mission highlights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-81&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mission highlights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-81_Launch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/STS-81_Launch.jpg/220px-STS-81_Launch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/STS-81_Launch.jpg/330px-STS-81_Launch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/STS-81_Launch.jpg/440px-STS-81_Launch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2257" data-file-height="1795" /></a><figcaption><i>Atlantis</i> launches at the beginning of the STS-81 mission to the Mir Space Station.</figcaption></figure> <p>STS-81 was the fifth of nine planned missions to <a href="/wiki/Mir" title="Mir">Mir</a> and the second one involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts. Astronaut John Blaha, who had been on Mir since September 19, 1996, was replaced by astronaut Jerry Linenger. Linenger spent more than four months on Mir. He returned to Earth on Space Shuttle Mission <a href="/wiki/STS-84" title="STS-84">STS-84</a>. </p><p><i>Atlantis</i> carried the <a href="/wiki/SPACEHAB" class="mw-redirect" title="SPACEHAB">SPACEHAB</a> double module providing additional middeck locker space for secondary experiments. During the five days of docked operations with Mir, the crews transferred water and supplies from one spacecraft to the other. A <a href="/wiki/Spacewalk" class="mw-redirect" title="Spacewalk">spacewalk</a> by Linenger and one of his Russian <a href="/wiki/Cosmonaut" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmonaut">cosmonaut</a> crewmates occurred after the departure of <i>Atlantis</i>. </p><p>The STS-81 mission included several experiments in the fields of advanced technology, <a href="/wiki/Earth_science" title="Earth science">Earth sciences</a>, fundamental <a href="/wiki/Biology" title="Biology">biology</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Human_life_science&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Human life science (page does not exist)">human life sciences</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microgravity" class="mw-redirect" title="Microgravity">microgravity</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Outline_of_space_science" title="Outline of space science">space sciences</a>. It was hoped that data would supply insight for the planning and development of the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>, Earth-based sciences of human and biological processes, and the advancement of commercial technology. </p><p>On January 18, while <i>Atlantis</i> was docked to Mir, Grunsfeld placed a telephone call to the NPR show <a href="/wiki/Car_Talk" title="Car Talk">Car Talk</a>, hosted by two of Grunsfeld's fellow <a href="/wiki/MIT" class="mw-redirect" title="MIT">MIT</a> alumni, <a href="/wiki/Tom_and_Ray_Magliozzi" title="Tom and Ray Magliozzi">Tom and Ray Magliozzi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-io9_-_The_time_an_astronaut_called_into_Car_Talk_from_the_Space_Shuttle_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-io9_-_The_time_an_astronaut_called_into_Car_Talk_from_the_Space_Shuttle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS081-748-019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/STS081-748-019.jpg/220px-STS081-748-019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/STS081-748-019.jpg/330px-STS081-748-019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/STS081-748-019.jpg/440px-STS081-748-019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5228" data-file-height="5231" /></a><figcaption>Atlantis docked to the Mir space station, over Saharan Africa</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS81_Linenger_Blaha_Wisoff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/STS81_Linenger_Blaha_Wisoff.jpg/220px-STS81_Linenger_Blaha_Wisoff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/STS81_Linenger_Blaha_Wisoff.jpg/330px-STS81_Linenger_Blaha_Wisoff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/STS81_Linenger_Blaha_Wisoff.jpg/440px-STS81_Linenger_Blaha_Wisoff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="548" data-file-height="354" /></a><figcaption>Mission Specialists Jerry Linenger, John Blaha and Jeff Wisoff gather around the wardroom table, sampling Russian food.</figcaption></figure> <p>STS-81 involved the transfer of 2,710 kilograms (5,970 lb) of logistics to and from the Mir, the largest transfer of items to date. During the docked phase, 635 kilograms (1,400 lb) of water, 516.1 kilograms (1,138 lb) of U.S. science equipment, 1,000.7 kilograms (2,206 lb) of Russian logistics along with 121.7 kilograms (268 lb) of miscellaneous material was transferred to Mir. Returned to Earth aboard <i>Atlantis</i> was 570.0 kilograms (1,256.6 lb) of U.S. science material, 404.5 kilograms (892 lb) of Russian logistics and 97.3 kilograms (215 lb) of miscellaneous material. </p><p>First Shuttle flight of 1997 highlighted by return of U.S. astronaut John Blaha to Earth after 118-day stay aboard Russian Space Station Mir and the largest transfer to date of logistics between the two spacecraft. <i>Atlantis</i> also returned carrying the first plants to complete a life cycle in space — a crop of wheat grown from seed to seed. This fifth of nine planned dockings continued Phase 1B of the NASA/<a href="/wiki/Russian_Aviation_and_Space_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Aviation and Space Agency">Russian Space Agency</a> cooperative effort, with Linenger becoming the third U.S. astronaut in succession to live on Mir. Same payload configuration flown on previous docking flight — featuring SPACEHAB Double module — flown again. </p><p>Blaha joined Mir 22 crew of Commander <a href="/wiki/Valeri_Korzun" class="mw-redirect" title="Valeri Korzun">Valeri Korzun</a> and Flight Engineer <a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Kaleri" title="Aleksandr Kaleri">Aleksandr Kaleri</a> on September 19, 1996, when he arrived there with the crew of STS-79. Linenger worked with the Mir 22 crew until the arrival in February of the Mir 23 crew of Commander <a href="/wiki/Vasili_Tsibliev" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasili Tsibliev">Vasili Tsibliev</a>, Flight Engineer <a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Lazutkin" title="Aleksandr Lazutkin">Aleksandr Lazutkin</a> and German researcher Reinhold Ewald. Ewald returned to Earth with the Mir 22 cosmonauts after a brief stay on the station. Astronaut Michael Foale replaced Linenger on Mir when the STS-84 mission arrived in May 1997. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS81_Atlantis_Landing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/STS81_Atlantis_Landing.jpg/220px-STS81_Atlantis_Landing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/STS81_Atlantis_Landing.jpg/330px-STS81_Atlantis_Landing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/STS81_Atlantis_Landing.jpg/440px-STS81_Atlantis_Landing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2274" data-file-height="1522" /></a><figcaption>Space shuttle <i>Atlantis</i> touches down at the KSC to conclude the STS-81 mission.</figcaption></figure> <p>Docking occurred at 22:55 EST, January 14, followed by hatch opening at 00:57 January 15. Linenger officially traded places at 04:45 with Blaha who spent 118 days on the station and 128 days total on-orbit. During five days of mated operations, crews transferred nearly 6,000 pounds (2,722 kilograms) of logistics to Mir, including around 725 kilograms (1,598 lb) of water; around 516 kilograms (1,138 lb) of U.S. science equipment; and 1,001 kilograms (2,207 lb) of Russian logistical equipment. About 1,100 kilograms (2,400 lb) of materials returned with <i>Atlantis</i> from Mir. </p><p>Crew also tested on Shuttle the Treadmill Vibration Isolation and Stabilization System (TVIS), designed for use in the Russian Service Module of the International Space Station. Another activity related to International Space Station involved firing the orbiter's small vernier jet thrusters during mated operations to gather engineering data. </p><p>Undocking occurred at 09:15 EST, January 19, followed by fly around of Mir. </p><p>No significant in-flight anomalies were experienced with <i>Atlantis</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wake-up_calls">Wake-up calls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-81&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wake-up calls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the <a href="/wiki/Gemini_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Gemini program">Gemini program</a>, which was first used to wake up a flight crew during <a href="/wiki/Apollo_15" title="Apollo 15">Apollo 15</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chronology_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chronology-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.<sup id="cite_ref-chronology_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chronology-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Flight Day </th> <th>Song </th> <th>Artist/Composer </th></tr> <tr> <td>Day 2 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Free_Ride_(song)" title="Free Ride (song)">Free Ride</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Winter" title="Edgar Winter">The Edgar Winter Group</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day 3 </td> <td>"It Keeps You Runnin'" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Doobie_Brothers" title="The Doobie Brothers">The Doobie Brothers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day 4 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Hitchin%27_a_Ride_(Vanity_Fare_song)" title="Hitchin' a Ride (Vanity Fare song)">Hitchin' a Ride</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fare" title="Vanity Fare">Vanity Fare</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day 5 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Celebration_(Kool_%26_the_Gang_song)" title="Celebration (Kool & the Gang song)">Celebration</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kool_and_the_Gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Kool and the Gang">Kool and the Gang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day 6 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Got_You_(I_Feel_Good)" title="I Got You (I Feel Good)">I Got You (I Feel Good)</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day 7 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Mack_the_Knife" title="Mack the Knife">Mack the Knife</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day 8 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Ticket_to_Ride_(song)" title="Ticket to Ride (song)">Ticket to Ride</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1986–1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent; text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_T-15" title="Soyuz T-15">Soyuz T-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-2" title="Soyuz TM-2">Soyuz TM-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-3" title="Soyuz TM-3">Soyuz TM-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-4" title="Soyuz TM-4">Soyuz TM-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-5" title="Soyuz TM-5">Soyuz TM-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-6" title="Soyuz TM-6">Soyuz TM-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-7" title="Soyuz TM-7">Soyuz TM-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-8" title="Soyuz TM-8">Soyuz TM-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-9" title="Soyuz TM-9">Soyuz TM-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-10" title="Soyuz TM-10">Soyuz TM-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-11" title="Soyuz TM-11">Soyuz 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent; text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-23" title="Soyuz TM-23">Soyuz TM-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-76" title="STS-76">STS-76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-24" title="Soyuz TM-24">Soyuz TM-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-79" title="STS-79">STS-79</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-25" title="Soyuz TM-25">Soyuz TM-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-84" title="STS-84">STS-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-26" title="Soyuz TM-26">Soyuz TM-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-86" title="STS-86">STS-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-89" title="STS-89">STS-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-27" title="Soyuz TM-27">Soyuz TM-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-91" title="STS-91">STS-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-28" title="Soyuz TM-28">Soyuz TM-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-29" 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href="/wiki/STS-7" title="STS-7">STS-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-8" title="STS-8">STS-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-9" title="STS-9">STS-9</a></li></ul></li> <li>1984 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-B" title="STS-41-B">STS-41-B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-C" title="STS-41-C">STS-41-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-D" title="STS-41-D">STS-41-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-G" title="STS-41-G">STS-41-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-A" title="STS-51-A">STS-51-A</a></li></ul></li> <li>1985 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-C" title="STS-51-C">STS-51-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-D" title="STS-51-D">STS-51-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-B" title="STS-51-B">STS-51-B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-G" title="STS-51-G">STS-51-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-F" title="STS-51-F">STS-51-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-I" title="STS-51-I">STS-51-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-J" title="STS-51-J">STS-51-J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-A" title="STS-61-A">STS-61-A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-B" title="STS-61-B">STS-61-B</a></li></ul></li> <li>1986 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-C" title="STS-61-C">STS-61-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-L" title="STS-51-L">STS-51-L</a>†</li></ul></li> <li>1988 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-26" title="STS-26">STS-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-27" title="STS-27">STS-27</a></li></ul></li> <li>1989 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-29" title="STS-29">STS-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-30" title="STS-30">STS-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-28" title="STS-28">STS-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-34" title="STS-34">STS-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-33" title="STS-33">STS-33</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1990 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-32" title="STS-32">STS-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-36" title="STS-36">STS-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-31" title="STS-31">STS-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41" title="STS-41">STS-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-38" title="STS-38">STS-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-35" title="STS-35">STS-35</a></li></ul></li> <li>1991 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-37" title="STS-37">STS-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-39" title="STS-39">STS-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-40" title="STS-40">STS-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-43" title="STS-43">STS-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-48" title="STS-48">STS-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-44" title="STS-44">STS-44</a></li></ul></li> <li>1992 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-42" title="STS-42">STS-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-45" title="STS-45">STS-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-49" title="STS-49">STS-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-50" title="STS-50">STS-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-46" title="STS-46">STS-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-47" title="STS-47">STS-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-52" title="STS-52">STS-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-53" title="STS-53">STS-53</a></li></ul></li> <li>1993 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-54" title="STS-54">STS-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-56" title="STS-56">STS-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-55" title="STS-55">STS-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-57" title="STS-57">STS-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51" title="STS-51">STS-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-58" title="STS-58">STS-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61" title="STS-61">STS-61</a></li></ul></li> <li>1994 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-60" title="STS-60">STS-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-62" title="STS-62">STS-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-59" title="STS-59">STS-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-65" title="STS-65">STS-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-64" title="STS-64">STS-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-68" title="STS-68">STS-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-66" title="STS-66">STS-66</a></li></ul></li> <li>1995 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-63" title="STS-63">STS-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-67" title="STS-67">STS-67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-71" title="STS-71">STS-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-70" title="STS-70">STS-70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-69" title="STS-69">STS-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-73" title="STS-73">STS-73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-74" title="STS-74">STS-74</a></li></ul></li> <li>1996 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-72" title="STS-72">STS-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-75" title="STS-75">STS-75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-76" title="STS-76">STS-76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-77" title="STS-77">STS-77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-78" title="STS-78">STS-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-79" title="STS-79">STS-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-80" title="STS-80">STS-80</a></li></ul></li> <li>1997 <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-82" title="STS-82">STS-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-83" title="STS-83">STS-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-84" title="STS-84">STS-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-94" title="STS-94">STS-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-85" title="STS-85">STS-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-86" title="STS-86">STS-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-87" title="STS-87">STS-87</a></li></ul></li> <li>1998 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-89" title="STS-89">STS-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-90" title="STS-90">STS-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-91" title="STS-91">STS-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-95" title="STS-95">STS-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-88" title="STS-88">STS-88</a></li></ul></li> <li>1999 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-96" title="STS-96">STS-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-93" title="STS-93">STS-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-103" title="STS-103">STS-103</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2000 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-99" title="STS-99">STS-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-101" title="STS-101">STS-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-106" title="STS-106">STS-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-92" title="STS-92">STS-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-97" title="STS-97">STS-97</a></li></ul></li> <li>2001 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-98" title="STS-98">STS-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-102" title="STS-102">STS-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-100" title="STS-100">STS-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-104" title="STS-104">STS-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-105" title="STS-105">STS-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-108" title="STS-108">STS-108</a></li></ul></li> <li>2002 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-109" title="STS-109">STS-109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-110" title="STS-110">STS-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-111" title="STS-111">STS-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-112" title="STS-112">STS-112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-113" title="STS-113">STS-113</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-107" title="STS-107">STS-107</a>†</li></ul></li> <li>2005 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-114" title="STS-114">STS-114</a></li></ul></li> <li>2006 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-121" title="STS-121">STS-121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116">STS-116</a></li></ul></li> <li>2007 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-117" title="STS-117">STS-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-118" title="STS-118">STS-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-120" title="STS-120">STS-120</a></li></ul></li> <li>2008 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-122" title="STS-122">STS-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-123" title="STS-123">STS-123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-124" title="STS-124">STS-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-126" title="STS-126">STS-126</a></li></ul></li> <li>2009 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-119" title="STS-119">STS-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-125" title="STS-125">STS-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-127" title="STS-127">STS-127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-128" title="STS-128">STS-128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-129" title="STS-129">STS-129</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2010 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-130" title="STS-130">STS-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-131" title="STS-131">STS-131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-132" title="STS-132">STS-132</a></li></ul></li> <li>2011 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-133" title="STS-133">STS-133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-134" title="STS-134">STS-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-135" title="STS-135">STS-135</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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missions">STS-144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-3xx" title="STS-3xx">STS-3xx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-400" title="STS-400">STS-400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">Others</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_orbiter" title="Space Shuttle orbiter">Orbiters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis">Atlantis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" title="Space Shuttle Challenger">Challenger</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Challenger disaster">disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Commission_Report" title="Rogers Commission Report">report</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a 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21 (page does not exist)">Iridium 21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-132" title="USA-132">USA-132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superbird-C" title="Superbird-C">Superbird-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OrbView-2" class="mw-redirect" title="OrbView-2">OrbView-2</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-26" title="Soyuz TM-26">Soyuz TM-26</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-85" title="STS-85">STS-85</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=CRISTA-SPAS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CRISTA-SPAS (page does not exist)">CRISTA-SPAS</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PAS-6" title="PAS-6">PAS-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2345" title="Kosmos 2345">Kosmos 2345</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agila_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Agila 2">Agila 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 22 (page does not exist)">Iridium 22</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_23&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 23 (page does not exist)">Iridium 23</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_24&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 24 (page does not exist)">Iridium 24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridium_25" class="mw-redirect" title="Iridium 25">Iridium 25</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_26&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 26 (page does not exist)">Iridium 26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_(satellite)" title="Lewis (satellite)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Composition_Explorer" title="Advanced Composition Explorer">ACE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_5" title="Intelsat 5">PAS-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FORTE" title="FORTE">FORTE</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_MFS-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium MFS-1 (page does not exist)">Iridium MFS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_MFS-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium MFS-2 (page does not exist)">Iridium MFS-2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eutelsat_W75/ABS-1B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eutelsat W75/ABS-1B (page does not exist)">Hot Bird 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteosat_7" class="mw-redirect" title="Meteosat 7">Meteosat 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-3" title="AMC-3">GE-3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_27&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 27 (page does not exist)">Iridium 27</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_28&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 28 (page does not exist)">Iridium 28</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 29 (page does not exist)">Iridium 29</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_30&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 30 (page does not exist)">Iridium 30</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_31&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 31 (page does not exist)">Iridium 31</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_32&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 32 (page does not exist)">Iridium 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridium_33" title="Iridium 33">Iridium 33</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2346&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2346 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2346</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FAISAT-2V&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FAISAT-2V (page does not exist)">FAISAT-2V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSS-5" title="NSS-5">Intelsat 803</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-1T_No.98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-1T No.98 (page does not exist)">Molniya-1T #98</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-86" title="STS-86">STS-86</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_19&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 19 (page does not exist)">Iridium 19</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_34&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 34 (page does not exist)">Iridium 34</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_35&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 35 (page does not exist)">Iridium 35</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_36&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 36 (page does not exist)">Iridium 36</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_37&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 37 (page does not exist)">Iridium 37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-1D" title="IRS-1D">IRS-1D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-36" title="Progress M-36">Progress M-36</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sputnik_40" title="Sputnik 40">Sputnik 40</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=X-Mir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="X-Mir (page does not exist)">X-Mir</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EchoStar_III" title="EchoStar III">EchoStar III</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foton_No.11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Foton No.11 (page does not exist)">Foton #11</a></li> 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title="Young Engineers Satellite (page does not exist)">YES</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/VLS-1_V01" title="VLS-1 V01">VLS-1 V01</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/SCD-2A" class="mw-redirect" title="SCD-2A">SCD-2A</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-134&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-134 (page does not exist)">USA-134</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-136&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-136 (page does not exist)">USA-136</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_38&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 38 (page does not exist)">Iridium 38</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_39&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 39 (page does not exist)">Iridium 39</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_40&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 40 (page does not exist)">Iridium 40</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_41&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 41 (page 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class="new" title="Orihime (satellite) (page does not exist)">Orihime</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikoboshi_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hikoboshi (satellite) (page does not exist)">Hikoboshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JCSAT-1B" title="JCSAT-1B">JCSAT-1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equator-S" title="Equator-S">Equator-S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1G" title="Astra 1G">Astra 1G</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_42&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 42 (page does not exist)">Iridium 42</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_44&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 44 (page does not exist)">Iridium 44</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Galaxy_8i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galaxy 8i (page does not exist)">Galaxy 8i</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2347&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2347 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2347</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2348&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2348 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2348</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-37" title="Progress M-37">Progress M-37</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_45&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 45 (page does not exist)">Iridium 45</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 46 (page does not exist)">Iridium 46</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_47&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 47 (page does not exist)">Iridium 47</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_48&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 48 (page does not exist)">Iridium 48</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_49&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 49 (page does not exist)">Iridium 49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_804" title="Intelsat 804">Intelsat 804</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM5 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM6 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM6</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM7 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM7</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM8 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM8</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM9 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM9</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM10&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM10 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM10</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM11 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM11</a></li> <li><a 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