Space Shuttle program: <i id="mw3g"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis">Atlantis</a></i> launches from the Kennedy Space Center on mission <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-81" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="STS-81">STS-81</a> to the Russian space station <i id="mw4Q"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mir">Mir</a></i>, carrying astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_M._Linenger" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jerry M. Linenger">Jerry M. Linenger</a> for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Blaha" id="mw5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John E. Blaha">John E. Blaha</a>.<sup about="#mwt90" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_12#cite_note-16" id="mw5Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw5g">[16]</span></a></sup>
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