KSC-97EC-1339 - STS-86 Atlantis awaits installation of SPACEHAB DM at Pad 39A 


The Space Shuttle Atlantis sits on Pad 39A with the Rotating Service
Structure retracted so that the payload canister with SPACEHAB double
module may be installed into the Payload Changeout Room. The canister
is the white rectangular box on the left. The Atlantis mission flag is
seen flying on the right. STS-86 mission will be the seventh docking
with the Russian Space Station Mir. Atlantis is scheduled to take
Mission Specialist David A. Wolf to Mir where he will become a member
of the Mir 24 crew. Wolf will replace Michael Foale, the U.S.
astronaut who arrived at Mir aboard Atlantis on STS-84 in May. Mission
Commander for STS-86 will be James D.  Wetherbee, a captain in the
U.S. Navy who has flown three times before.

 
                                               09/04/97