LAUNCH CENTER
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Success
Sun Jan 12 1997
United Space Alliance
STS-81
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(9:27 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(9:27 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(9:27 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Space ShuttleDescription:
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MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Human Exploration
- STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 39B