Sixteenth Atlantis flight with Kevin Chilton, Rick Searfoss, Ron Sega, Rich Clifford and Linda Godwin as crew members while Shannon Lucid, Yuri Onufriendo and Yuri Usachev were taken to the Space Station MIR.
The third docking with MIR included over 1,900 pounds of supplies.
The mission would include the SPACEHAB module, middeck experimen