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STS-71: Mission highlights, External tank & Overview

STS-71 was a crewed spaceflight that was the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program. The mission began on June 27, 1995, with the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis became the first Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir, delivering a relief crew of two…

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STS-71 topic overview

The analysis highlights Mission highlights, External tank and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around STS-71.

Related topics
25
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
28
Extracted relationships
38
Concept neighborhoods
12
Bridge connections
28

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 12 topics
Mission highlights · 8 topics
External tank · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Apogee altitude
342 kilometres (213 mi)
COSPAR ID
1995-030A
Crew size
7 up 8 down
Distance travelled
6,600,000 kilometres (4,100,000 mi)
Docking date
June 29, 1995, 13:00:16 UTC
Docking port
Kristall forward

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Mission highlights

External tank

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How STS-71 connects Entity context

The extracted context around STS-71 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, STS-71 → Bonnie J. Dunbar, Charles J. Precourt, Ellen S. Baker, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Robert L. Gibson Another extracted example is STS-71 → Gennady Strekalov, Norman E. Thagard, Vladimir Dezhurov. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

STS-71

Top relations

Members · 5
STS-71 → Bonnie J. Dunbar, Charles J. Precourt, Ellen S. Baker, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Robert L. Gibson
Landing · 3
STS-71 → Gennady Strekalov, Norman E. Thagard, Vladimir Dezhurov
related to External links · 3
STS-71 → November, STS-71 Video Highlights Archived, Wayback Machine
Launching · 2
STS-71 → Anatoly Solovyev, Nikolai Budarin
Apogee altitude · 1
STS-71 → 342 kilometres (213 mi)
COSPAR ID · 1
STS-71 → 1995-030A
Crew size · 1
STS-71 → 7 up 8 down
Distance travelled · 1
STS-71 → 6,600,000 kilometres (4,100,000 mi)
Docking date · 1
STS-71 → June 29, 1995, 13:00:16 UTC
Docking port · 1
STS-71 → Kristall forward

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

mir crew atlantis shuttle space mission docking station spacecraft first russian gibson orbiter orbit launch spacelab thagard days 19 precourt

STS-71 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 38 structured relationships around STS-71. Examples in this analysis include STS-71 → Apogee altitude → 342 kilometres (213 mi) and STS-71 → COSPAR ID → 1995-030A. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
STS-71Apogee altitude342 kilometres (213 mi)1.00infobox
STS-71COSPAR ID1995-030A1.00infobox
STS-71Crew size7 up 8 down1.00infobox
STS-71Distance travelled6,600,000 kilometres (4,100,000 mi)1.00infobox
STS-71Docking dateJune 29, 1995, 13:00:16 UTC1.00infobox
STS-71Docking portKristall forward1.00infobox
STS-71Inclination51.6 degrees1.00infobox
STS-71LandingGennady Strekalov1.00infobox
STS-71LandingVladimir Dezhurov1.00infobox
STS-71LandingNorman E. Thagard1.00infobox
STS-71Landing dateJuly 7, 1995, 14:55:28 (1995-07-07UTC14:55:29Z) UTC1.00infobox
STS-71Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 151.00infobox
STS-71Launch dateJune 27, 1995, 19:32:19 (1995-06-27UTC19:32:19Z) UTC1.00infobox
STS-71Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A1.00infobox
STS-71LaunchingAnatoly Solovyev1.00infobox
STS-71LaunchingNikolai Budarin1.00infobox
STS-71MembersRobert L. Gibson1.00infobox
STS-71MembersCharles J. Precourt1.00infobox
STS-71MembersEllen S. Baker1.00infobox
STS-71MembersGregory J. Harbaugh1.00infobox
STS-71MembersBonnie J. Dunbar1.00infobox
STS-71Mission duration9 days, 19 hours, 23 minutes, 9 seconds1.00infobox
STS-71Mission typeShuttle-Mir1.00infobox
STS-71NamesSpace Transportation System-711.00infobox
STS-71OperatorNASA1.00infobox
STS-71Orbits completed1531.00infobox
STS-71Payload mass12,191 kilograms (26,877 lb)1.00infobox
STS-71Perigee altitude342 kilometres (213 mi)1.00infobox
STS-71Period88.9 min1.00infobox
STS-71Reference systemGeocentric1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around STS-71 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include States, United and Conducted. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • space shuttle atlantis
    • Space
    • First
    • Mir
    • Crew
    • Station
    • Sts-71
    • Days
    • Largest
    • Thagard
    • Mission
    • Spacecraft
    • Docking
  • kennedy space center
    • Station
    • Sts-71
    • Days
    • Thagard
    • Mir
    • Spacecraft
    • Docking
    • Dezhurov
    • Solovyev
    • States
    • Strekalov
    • United
  • space shuttle
    • Space
    • First
    • Station
    • Sts-71
    • Crew
    • Days
    • Largest
    • Thagard
    • Mir
    • Spacecraft
    • Docking
    • Dezhurov
  • space station
    • Station
    • Sts-71
    • Spacecraft
    • Days
    • Gibson
    • Thagard
    • Orbiter
    • Docking
    • Mir
    • System
    • Dezhurov
    • Solovyev
  • mir
    • Spacecraft
    • Station
    • Space
    • Gibson
    • Shuttle
    • Days
    • Orbiter
    • Docking
    • Earth
    • Solovyev
    • Investigations
    • System
  • mission highlights
    • Atlantis
    • Minutes
    • Shuttle
    • Space
    • Sts-71
    • Spacecraft
    • Crew
    • Mir
    • Spacelab
    • Time
    • Days
    • Launch
  • norman thagard
    • Dezhurov
    • Solovyev
    • Strekalov
    • Thagard
    • Joint
    • Spacelab
    • States
    • United
    • Investigations
    • Time
    • Precourt
    • Russian
  • united states department of justice
    • States
    • United
    • Sts-71
    • Joint
    • Norman
    • Shuttle
    • Space
    • Spacelab
    • Crew
    • Investigations
    • Launch
    • First

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For STS-71, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects STS-71 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
STS-71 — Overview · splits 16 ⟂ 13
STS-71 — Mission highlights · splits 20 ⟂ 9
STS-71 — External tank · splits 23 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

STS-71

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples38
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around STS-71 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Mission highlights, External tank & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — STS-71 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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