STS-79KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-79: Atlantis lifts off from Launch Pad 39A.STS079-350-028 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Aboard Russian Mir Space Station's Spektr Module, astronaut John E. Blaha, now a cosmonaut guest...STS079-354-001 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid gets a beverage at the galley on Russia's Mir Space Station...STS079-353-007 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronaut Terrence W. Wilcutt, on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' aft flight deck, takes pictures of...STS079-355-016 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronauts Shannon W. Lucid and John E. Blaha reunite soon after the Space Shuttle Atlantis...STS079-349-022 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- The traditional inflight crew portrait, taken in Russia's Mir Space Station base block. Front row,...STS079-309-022 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronaut Thomas D. Akers, in the Spacehab, goes over an inventory of supplies which will...STS079-S-097 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Left to right, Terrence W. (Terry) Wilcutt, pilot; Shannon W. Lucid, mission specialist; and William...STS79-E-5180 (20 September 1996) --- The entire crews of STS-79 and Mir-22 are shown during a gift exchange ceremony aboard...STS079-S-021 (26 Sept. 1996) --- The drag chute on the space shuttle Atlantis is fully deployed as the orbiter rolls...STS-79 Shuttle/Mir docking to retrieve Astronaut Sharnon Lucid from Mir Space Station; full shot of Mir Space Station taken from...STS079-E-5100 (20 September 1996) --- The crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis was able to track the large Typhoon Violet...STS79-E-5193 (21 September 1996) --- Astronaut Terrence W. Wilcutt, STS-79 pilot, and cosmonaut Valeri G. Korzun, Mir-22 commander, transfer the...STS079-335-001 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronaut Terrence W. Wilcutt traverses into Russia's Mir Space Station Kristall Module toting a water...STS079-821-036 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Following the Space Shuttle Atlantis - Russian Mir Space Station undocking activities, a crew member...STS079-354-011 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid with cosmonaut Aleksandr Y. Kaleri prepare to move Lucid's cosmonaut space...STS79-E-5202 (21 September 1996) --- From the left, astronaut and cosmonaut guest researcher Shannon W. Lucid, cosmonauts Aleksandr Y. Kaleri...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis, with its new external tank/solid rocket booster stack, rolls out to Pad 39A on...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis, with its new external tank/solid rocket booster stack, rolls out to Pad 39A on...NM21-395-024 (March 1996) --- Posed near a microgravity glove box on the Priroda Module aboard Russias Mir Space Station are...