Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS-86

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Friday September 26, 1997

Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS-86

27 years ago

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STS-86 mission patch

Commander James D. Wetherbee

Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield

Mission Specialist 1 Vladimir G. Titov

Mission Specialist 2 Scott E. Parazynski

Mission Specialist 3 Jean-Loup Chrétien

Mission Specialist 4 Wendy B. Lawrence

Mission Specialist 5 David A. Wolf

Mission Specialist 5 Michael Foale

Left to right – Front row: Bloomfield, Wetherbee, Lawrence; Back row: Chrétien, Parazynski, Titov, Foale. Wolf was not assigned to the mission at the time of this photo

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