The objective also picked up NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, who had spent a record-breaking 188 days aboard the orbiting laboratory. In exchange, they dropped off another NASA astronaut, John Blaha, who would spend the next 4 months aboard the area station.Russias Space Station Mir is backdropped by a lovely Earth in this image by STS-79 shuttle astronauts aboard Atlantis on Sept. 19, 1996 throughout flyaround maneuvers. On This Day in Space Archive!Still not sufficient area?
