STS-81: Space Shuttle Atlantis

Atlantis's STS-81 mission, January 12, 1997 to January 22, 1997. Preserved in the spacearchive.ai collection.

OrbiterAtlantis

LaunchedJanuary 12, 1997

LandedJanuary 22, 1997

Records in archive2

Mission Overview

STS-81 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Atlantis. It launched on January 12, 1997 and returned on January 22, 1997.

The spacearchive.ai STS-81 collection brings together 2 records from the mission.

Together they preserve the primary-source record of the mission as it was captured at the time, for research and historical study.

STS-81 in the Archive

A working snapshot of what the collection holds today. The public catalog shows descriptive metadata; full media and transcripts are available through research access.

2Records

2Video

0Audio

0Transcribed

0%Transcribed & indexed

All records in this collection

AST-00587Video · 1997-01-12

Descriptive summary pending processing.

AST-00588Video · Jan 1997 (est.)

Descriptive summary pending processing.

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Notable Spoken History

Much of the STS-81 collection has been transcribed and speaker-labeled. Timestamped transcript excerpts will be featured here. Full transcripts are available through research access.

Official Sources

Primary references for STS-81. spacearchive.ai is an independent archive and is not affiliated with NASA.

NASA — STS-81 Mission Summary
National Archives (NARA) — National Archives Catalog

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