Front row (L-R): Michael Bloomfield, James Wetherbee, Wendy Lawrence;
Back row: Jean-Loup Chrétien, Scott Parazynski, Vladimir Titov, Michael Foale.
(This picture must have been taken after the flight since Wolf is not in it.)
Mission patch
Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-86), launched September 25, 1997, was the seventh shuttle mission to Mir and the last before Atlantis was taken out of service for maintenance and upgrades. Its crew consisted of Commander James Wetherbee, Pilot Michael Bloomfield, Vladimir Titov (Roscosmos), Scott Parazynski, Jean-Loup Chretien (National Center for Space Studies), Wendy Lawrence and David Wolf.
Wolf replaced Michael Foale as the resident U.S. astronaut on Mir, the decision made only the night before the launch by NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin. There had been political pressure on NASA to discontinue American astronauts on Mir after problems during Foale's residence and his predecessor Jerry Linenger.
Parazynski and Titov conducted one EVA for about 5 hours.
The crew, with Foale instead of Wolf, landed October 6.
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