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DescriptionSTS-079 shuttle.jpg	English: The Space Shuttle Atlantis arrives at Launch Pad 39A at twilight. The second rollout to the pad brings Atlantis one step closer to a launch scheduled around September 12. Mission STS-79 will be highlighted by the fourth docking between the U.S. Space Shuttle and the Russian Space Station Mir, and the return to Earth of U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid after a record-setting stay aboard the station.
Date	20 August 1996
Source	https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-96PC994 (image link)
Author	NASA

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Date and time of data generation	00:00, 20 August 1996
City shown	Kennedy Space Center
Image title	KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis, with its new external tank/solid rocket booster stack, rolls out to Pad 39A on August 20, 1996, in preparation for launch of STS-79 on the fourth Mir docking mission. Atlantis will return Astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her record-breaking stay by an American on the Russian space station. Lucid has completed 21 weeks in space this week. Astronaut John Blaha will trade places with Lucid for a planned four-month stay aboard Mir. Atlantis will also carry the first SPACEHAB Double Module.
Date and time of digitizing	00:00, 20 August 1996
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