Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS-79

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Monday September 16, 1996

28 years ago

STS-79 mission patch

Commander William F. Readdy

Pilot Terrence W. Wilcutt

Mission Specialist 1 Jay Apt

Mission Specialist 2 Thomas D. Akers

Mission Specialist 3 Carl E. Walz

Mission Specialist 4 John E. Blaha

Mission Specialist 4 Shannon W. Lucid

Left to right - Seated: Apt, Wilcutt, Readdy, Akers, Walz; Standing: Lucid, Blaha

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