MISSION NAME
STS-81 81
Status
Success
DATE
12 JAN 1997
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United Space Alliance
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39B
Description
STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station.
Space Shuttle
Rocket Description
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.