(L-R): Jean-Francois Clervoy, Scott Parazynski, Curtis Brown, Jr., Joseph Tanner, Donald McMonagle, Ellen Ochoa
Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-66) blasted off November 3, 1994 from Kennedy Space Center. It was the first flight for astronauts Joseph Tanner, Scott Parazynski, and Jean-Francois Clervoy, astronaut from the National Centre for Space Studies, the French space agency. It was also the second flight for the first Latina in space, Ellen Ochoa.
Clervoy's fellow astronauts nicknamed him "Billy Bob" since they had trouble pronouncing his name.
The crew took advantage of the timing to study the hole in ozone over the Antarctic. For the next 14 years, Atlantis' flights were dedicated to Mir or the International Space Station until the repair mission to the Hubble Telescope in 2009.
Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base November 14.
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