Astronaut onboard space shuttle Atlantis. Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid relaxes by using the microgravity of space to float in the Spacehab science modul

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Astronaut onboard space shuttle Atlantis. Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid relaxes by using the microgravity of space to float in the Spacehab science module of space shuttle Atlantis. Photographed on mission STS-79 (6-26 September 1996), during which the shuttle docked with the Russian space station Mir. The mission's main purpose was to transport astronaut John Blaha to Mir, return Shannon Lucid to Earth and deliver supplies to the space station. Photographed on 24th September 1996.

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