STS-81Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 United Space Alliance Launch Status Success Sun ยท Jan 12th, 1997 4:27 AM EST Watch Online Crew Marsha Ivins Mission Specialist Status: Retired 4/15/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 1/9/1990 Last Flight: 2/7/2001 Marsha Sue Ivins is an American former astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions. Peter Wisoff Mission Specialist Status: Retired 8/16/1958 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/21/1993 Last Flight: 10/11/2000 Peter Jeffrey Kelsay Wisoff is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut. Wisoff qualified as mission specialist and flew in four manned Space Shuttle missions, with his first launch in 1993 and his last in 2000. Jerry M. Linenger Mission Specialist Status: Retired 1/9/1955 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 9/9/1994 Last Flight: 1/12/1997 Jerry Michael Linenger is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir. Michael A. Baker Commander Status: Retired 10/27/1953 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 8/2/1991 Last Flight: 1/12/1997 Michael Allen Baker is a retired captain in the United States Navy, former NASA astronaut, and the International Space Station Program Manager for International and Crew Operations, at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He is responsible for the coordination of program operations, integration and flight crew training and support activities with the International Partners. John M. Grunsfeld Mission Specialist Status: Retired 10/10/1958 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 3/2/1995 Last Flight: 5/11/2009 John Mace Grunsfeld is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and has served as NASA Chief Scientist. His academic background includes research in high energy astrophysics, cosmic ray physics and the emerging field of exoplanet studies with specific interest in future astronomical instrumentation. After retiring from NASA in 2009, he served as the Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. In January 2012, he returned to NASA and served as associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Grunsfeld announced his retirement from NASA in April 2016. Brent W. Jett Jr. Pilot Status: Retired 10/5/1958 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 1/11/1996 Last Flight: 9/9/2006 Brent Ward Jett Jr. is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace and aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut. Mission STS-81 Type: Human Exploration STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. Location Launch Complex 39B Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 185 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Rocket Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launch: October 3, 1985 Constructed in 1985, Atlantis was the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J in October of 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011. The Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104 rocket has been launched a total of 32 times with 32 successful and 0 failed launches. Agency United Space Alliance Type: Commercial Abbreviation: USA Founded: 1995 Launchers: Space Shuttle Country: USA United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. View Rocket Launch Schedule