12 November 1995 7:30:43 AM EST 15 November 1995 18 November 1995 20 November 1995 Multinational mission, with crewmembers from the European Space Agency, Canada, Russia and the United States, practicing for the missions required to build the International Space Station at the turn of the century.

	Back row: Thomas D. Akers (Atlantis), Carl E. Walz (Atlantis), Valeri G. Korzun (Mir), Terrence W. Wilcutt (Atlantis).
	Front row: Aleksandr Y. Kaleri (Mir), Jerome (Jay) Apt (Atlantis), John E. Blaha (leaving Atlantis to stay aboard Mir), William F. Readdy (Atlantis), Shannon W. Lucid (returning on Atlantis after six months aboard Mir). (combined crew portrait taken aboard Mir)

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