STS-71, Space Shuttle Atlantis's 14th flight, made the first-ever Shuttle docking with Russia's Mir space station, delivering a relief crew and returning astronaut Norman Thagard to Earth in the 100th U.S. crewed launch from Cape Canaveral.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 12.1 T
- Flight
- 69th
- of 135 Space Shuttle flights
- Date and time
- 27 June 1995, 19:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Builder
- Rockwell / Martin Marietta / Thiokol
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1995-030
- Launches in 1995
- 34th of 80
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