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STS-86: Mission highlights & Overview

STS-86 was a Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. This was the last Atlantis mission before it was taken out of service temporarily for maintenance and upgrades, including the glass cockpit.

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STS-86 topic overview

The analysis highlights Mission highlights and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around STS-86.

Related topics
23
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
25
Extracted relationships
71
Concept neighborhoods
10
Bridge connections
25

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.

Mission highlights · 19 topics
Overview · 4 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
381 kilometres (237 mi)
COSPAR ID
1997-055A
Crew size
7
Distance travelled
7,000,000 kilometres (4,300,000 mi)
Docking date
27 September 1997, 19:58 UTC
Docking port
SO starboard

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

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-86 connects Entity context

The extracted context around STS-86 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, STS-86 → Commander Vasili Tsibliev, David, David Wolf, Earth, Foale, Foale's, His, However, It, Jerry Linenger, June, Mir, NASA, NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, NASA/Russian Space Agency, Phase, Progress, Russian, Shannon Lucid's, SPACEHAB Another extracted example is STS-86 → Archived, March, NASA, National Aeronautics, October, Space Administration, Wayback Machine This, Wayback MachineSTS-86 Video Highlights. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

STS-86

Top relations

related to Mission highlights · 29
STS-86 → Commander Vasili Tsibliev, David, David Wolf, Earth, Foale, Foale's, His, However, It, Jerry Linenger, June, Mir, NASA, NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, NASA/Russian Space Agency, Phase, Progress, Russian, Shannon Lucid's, SPACEHAB
related to External links · 8
STS-86 → Archived, March, NASA, National Aeronautics, October, Space Administration, Wayback Machine This, Wayback MachineSTS-86 Video Highlights
Members · 6
STS-86 → James D. Wetherbee, Jean-Loup Chrétien, Michael J. Bloomfield, Scott E. Parazynski, Vladimir G. Titov, Wendy B. Lawrence
Apogee altitude · 1
STS-86 → 381 kilometres (237 mi)
COSPAR ID · 1
STS-86 → 1997-055A
Crew size · 1
STS-86 → 7
Distance travelled · 1
STS-86 → 7,000,000 kilometres (4,300,000 mi)
Docking date · 1
STS-86 → 27 September 1997, 19:58 UTC
Docking port · 1
STS-86 → SO starboard
Inclination · 1
STS-86 → 51.6 degrees

Important terminology

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

Important terminology

mir space mission atlantis foale wolf crew module station shuttle nasa solar titov parazynski lawrence walk arrays docking spektr conducted

STS-86 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 71 structured relationships around STS-86. Examples in this analysis include STS-86 → Apogee altitude → 381 kilometres (237 mi) and STS-86 → COSPAR ID → 1997-055A. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
STS-86Apogee altitude381 kilometres (237 mi)1.00infobox
STS-86COSPAR ID1997-055A1.00infobox
STS-86Crew size71.00infobox
STS-86Distance travelled7,000,000 kilometres (4,300,000 mi)1.00infobox
STS-86Docking date27 September 1997, 19:58 UTC1.00infobox
STS-86Docking portSO starboard1.00infobox
STS-86Inclination51.6 degrees1.00infobox
STS-86LandingC. Michael Foale1.00infobox
STS-86Landing date6 October 1997, 21:55 (1997-10-06UTC21:56Z) UTC1.00infobox
STS-86Landing mass114,185 kilograms (251,735 lb)1.00infobox
STS-86Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 151.00infobox
STS-86Launch date26 September 1997, 02:34:19 (1997-09-26UTC02:34:19Z) UTC1.00infobox
STS-86Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A1.00infobox
STS-86LaunchingDavid A. Wolf1.00infobox
STS-86MembersJames D. Wetherbee1.00infobox
STS-86MembersMichael J. Bloomfield1.00infobox
STS-86MembersVladimir G. Titov1.00infobox
STS-86MembersScott E. Parazynski1.00infobox
STS-86MembersJean-Loup Chrétien1.00infobox
STS-86MembersWendy B. Lawrence1.00infobox
STS-86Mission duration10 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes, 12 seconds1.00infobox
STS-86Mission typeShuttle-Mir1.00infobox
STS-86NamesSpace Transportation System-861.00infobox
STS-86OperatorNASA1.00infobox
STS-86Orbits completed1701.00infobox
STS-86Payload mass8,375 kilograms (18,464 lb)1.00infobox
STS-86Perigee altitude354 kilometres (220 mi)1.00infobox
STS-86Period91.9 min1.00infobox
STS-86Reference systemGeocentric1.00infobox
STS-86RegimeLow Earth1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around STS-86 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Wolf, Experiment and Titov. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Mir
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    • Space
    • Sts-86
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    • Space
    • Wolf
    • Walk
    • Docking
    • Solar
    • Sts-86
    • Nasa
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    • Module
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    • Arrays
    • Crew
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    • Docking
    • Lawrence
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    • Astronaut
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    • Titov
  • mission highlights
    • Shuttle
    • Space
    • Sts-86
    • Station
    • Hours
    • Minutes
    • October
    • Russian
    • Also
    • Conducted
    • Docking
    • Parazynski
  • atlantis
    • Mission
    • Crew
    • Sts-86
    • Experiment
    • Mir
    • Also
    • Arrays
    • Space
    • Shuttle
    • Solar
    • Station
    • Hours
  • foale
    • Michael
    • Lawrence
    • Walk
    • Mir
    • Nasa
    • Wolf
    • Space
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    • Landing
    • Minutes
    • Bloomfield
    • One

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For STS-86, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects STS-86 with Mission highlights. 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-86Mission highlights · splits 6 ⟂ 20
STS-86Overview · splits 21 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

STS-86

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples71
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around STS-86 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Mission highlights & 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-86 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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