#sts-76

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Shannon Lucid (born 14 January 1943)

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Space Shuttle Atlantis,STS-76, March 24, 1996

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Michael Richard “Rich” Clifford (born 13 October 1952)

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The Space Shuttle Atlantis began its 16th mission (and the shuttle program’s 76th) on 22 March 1996.

It was the 3rd shuttle mission to dock with the Russian Space Station Mir. The mission lasted 9 days, traveled about 3,800,000 miles (6,100,000 km), orbiting Earth 145 times. The crew included Commander Kevin Chilton, Pilot Richard Searfross, and Mission Specialists Mike Clifford, Linda Godwin, Shannon Lucid, and Ron Sega.

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Kvant-1 & Soyuz from STS-76