Award-winning writer-director James Cameron, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, meet at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Cameron who is a former member of the NASA Advisory Council has had a life-long interest in space and science. The two talked about public outreach and education among other subjects. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bil Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, and award-winning writer-director James Cameron, meet at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Cameron who is a former member of the NASA Advisory Council has had a life-long interest in space and science. The two talked about public outreach and education among other subjects. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, and award-winning writer-director James Cameron, meet at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Cameron who is a former member of the NASA Advisory Council has had a life-long interest in space and science. The two talked about public outreach and education among other subjects. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens to award-winning writer-director James Cameron, during a meeting at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Cameron who is a former member of the NASA Advisory Council has had a life-long interest in space and science. The two talked about public outreach and education among other subjects. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the “1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery,” held at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, film director James Cameron (right) talks to the winning students of the Space Exploration Video Festival award sponsored by Lockheed Martin. At left is Daniel Stearns, from East Longmeadow, Mass. The others are Daniel Jackson, Trenten Nash and Theo Maxie, from the NASA Explorer School McNair High School in Dekalb County, Ga.. Cameron is one of the keynote speakers at the conference. Topics being presented focus on new missions, technologies and infrastructure needed to turn the vision for space exploration into reality. Keynote speakers at the three-day conference include NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, Congressman Dave Weldon, film director James Cameron and NASA’s senior Mars scientist James Garvin. The conference has drawn attendees from around the world.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the “1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery,” held at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, film director James Cameron (right) talks to Daniel Stearns, a 13-year-old student from Longmeadow, Mass., who won the Space Exploration Video Festival award sponsored by Lockheed Martin. Stearns shared first place with a team from McNair High School in Dekalb County, Ga. The Georgia school participates in NASA’s Explorer School program. Cameron is one of the keynote speakers at the conference. Topics being presented focus on new missions, technologies and infrastructure needed to turn the vision for space exploration into reality. Other keynote speakers at the three-day conference are Congressman Dave Weldon, film director James Cameron and NASA’s senior Mars scientist James Garvin. The conference has drawn attendees from around the world.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe (center) talks to John Douglass, with the Aerospace Industries Association, at the “1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery,” being held at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando. O’Keefe is the keynote speaker kicking off the conference. Douglass is one of the panelists. Topics being presented focus on new missions, technologies and infrastructure needed to turn the vision for space exploration into reality. Other keynote speakers at the three-day conference include Congressman Dave Weldon, film director James Cameron and NASA’s senior Mars scientist James Garvin. The conference has drawn attendees from around the world.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe (center) talks to John Douglass, with the Aerospace Industries Association, at the “1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery,” being held at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando. O’Keefe is the keynote speaker kicking off the conference. Douglass is one of the panelists. Topics being presented focus on new missions, technologies and infrastructure needed to turn the vision for space exploration into reality. Other keynote speakers at the three-day conference are Congressman Dave Weldon, film director James Cameron and NASA’s senior Mars scientist James Garvin. The conference has drawn attendees from around the world.

STS074-S-002(August 1995) --- These five NASA astronauts including one Canadian are in training for the STS-74 mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, scheduled later this year. Astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron (front right) and James D. Halsell Jr. (front left) are commander and pilot, respectively, for the flight. On the back row, left to right, are astronauts William McArthur Jr., Jerry L Ross and Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. Hadfield is an international mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

jsc2025e076333 (09/22/2025) --- NASA announced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class on Sept. 22, 2025. The 10 candidates, pictured here at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are: U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Erin Overcash, Katherine Spies, U.S. Air Force Maj. Cameron Jones, U.S. Army CW3 Ben Bailey, U.S. Air Force Maj. Adam Fuhrmann, Rebecca Lawler, Dr. Imelda Muller, Yuri Kubo, Anna Menon, and Dr. Lauren Edgar. Photo Credit: NASA - James Blair

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the “1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery,” held at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, the winners of the Space Exploration Video Festival award sponsored by Lockheed Martin get together. Second from left is Daniel Stearns, from East Longmeadow, Mass. The others are the winning team from NASA Explorer School McNair High School in Dekalb County, Ga. At left is Theo Maxie; at right are Daniel Jackson and Trenten Nash. The three-day conference drew attendees from around the world. It presented topics on new missions, technologies and infrastructure needed to turn the vision for space exploration into reality. Keynote speakers at the three-day conference include NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, Congressman Dave Weldon, film director James Cameron and NASA’s senior Mars scientist James Garvin. The conference has drawn attendees from around the world.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the “1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery,” being held at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, the NASA Explorer School team from McNair High School in Dekalb County, Ga., receives the Space Exploration Video Festival award sponsored by Lockheed Martin. Standing with the awards are Trenten Nash, Theo Maxie and Daniel Jackson. Presenting the awards were John Karas (left), with Lockheed, and Adm. Craig Steidle (right), associate administrator, Office of Exploration Systems at NASA. The three-day conference drew attendees from around the world. It presented topics on new missions, technologies and infrastructure needed to turn the vision for space exploration into reality. Keynote speakers at the three-day conference include NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, Congressman Dave Weldon, film director James Cameron and NASA’s senior Mars scientist James Garvin. The conference has drawn attendees from around the world.

STS074-324-002 (12-20 Nov 1995) --- Several crew members with a scroll they signed commemorating the 50th anniversary of the United Nations (U.N.). In the frame (left to right) are Sergei V. Avdeyev, Kenneth D. Cameron, Yuriy P. Gidzenko, Thomas Reiter and Chris A. Hadfield (front). With five NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the flight began with a November 12, 1995 launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The STS-74 crew members were astronauts Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia?s Mir Space Station, on which the STS-74 astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Gidzenko, commander; and Avdeyev, engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-322-036 (18 Nov 1995) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Cameron, STS-74 mission commander, shakes hands with cosmonaut Yuriy P. Gidzenko, Mir-20 commander, just prior to the undocking of the Space Shuttle Atlantis with Russia?s Mir Space Station in Earth-orbit. The STS-74 flight began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The STS-74 crew members were astronauts Cameron; James D. Halsell, Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur, Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, Atlantis docked with Mir, on which the NASA astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Gidzenko; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir and the Atlantis ended on November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-331-036 (12-20 Nov 1995) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Cameron floats into the Core Module of Russia?s Mir Space Station. The European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter checks out an array of tools. With five NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the flight began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The crew members were astronauts Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell, Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur, Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Mir Space Station, on which the NASA astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, engineer; along with Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

S74-E-5117 (15 Nov 1995) --- Following the successful in-space docking of Russia?s Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-74 and Mir-20 crew members pose for a group portrait aboard the Mir Space Station?s Base Block. Wearing the two-tone shirts are the five STS-74 crew members - Kenneth D. Cameron, from the left, James D. Halsell, Jr., Chris A. Hadfield, William S. McArthur, Jr. and Jerry L. Ross. The Mir-20 crew members are, left to right, cosmonaut Sergei V. Avdeyev, the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter and cosmonaut Yuriy P. Gidzenko. This image was among a series of still images downlinked and released by NASA on November 15, 1995.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seventeen new astronaut candidates visited the Vehicle Assembly Building as part of an orientation tour of KSC facilities. Here they are grouped around one of the external fuel tanks in the transfer aisle of the VAB. This latest group of candidates is the tenth chosen since the original seven Mercury astronauts. [From left, Michael J. McCulley, Curtis L. Brown Jr., Frank L. Culbertson Jr., Kathryn C. Thornton, Mark N. Brown, Mark C. Lee, Kenneth D. Cameron, John H. Casper, L. Blaine Hammond Jr., Charles Lacy Veach (deceased), James C. Adamson, William M. Shepherd, Sidney M. Gutierrez, Marsha S. Ivins, David G. Low, Michael J. Smith (deceased), Ellen S. Baker, Sonny Carter (deceased).]

STS074-332-029 (15 Nov 1995) --- A 35mm camera aimed through the Space Shuttle Atlantis? aft windows captured rendezvous and docking operations with the Space Shuttle Atlantis and Russia?s Mir Space Station in Earth-orbit. The new Docking Module (DM), carried into space by the Atlantis is about to contact Kristall on the cluster of Mir components. The flight began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell, Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur, Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended on November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-344-003 (12-20 Nov 1995) --- Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield makes his way among supplies and docking hardware onboard Russia?s Mir Space Station. With five NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the flight began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The STS-74 crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia?s Mir Space Station, on which the NASA astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended on November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-321-027 (12-20 Nov 1995) --- One of the STS-74 crew members aimed a 35mm camera through aft flight deck windows of the Space Shuttle Atlantis to record this scene of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm and the new Russian Docking Module (DM), backdropped against storm clouds on Earth. With five NASA astronauts aboard, the flight of Atlantis began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The STS-74 crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Mir Space Station, on which the STS-74 astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, flight engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-302-033 (14 Nov 1995) --- A 35mm camera aimed through the Space Shuttle Atlantis? aft windows captured the deployment of the Docking Module (DM), which was later delivered to Russia?s Mir Space Station in Earth-orbit. The Orbiter Docking System (ODS) is partially visible at bottom center. The flight began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The STS-74 crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell, pilot; William S. McArthur, Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir and the Atlantis ended on November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-320-019 (15 Nov 1995) --- The five NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis look out overhead windows on the aft flight deck toward their counterparts aboard the Russian Mir Space Station, with which they had just rendezvoused. For orientation purposes, the photo should be held with the nose at frame?s left edge. The STS-74 crew members (from the top) are astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; Jerry L. Ross, mission specialist; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, both mission specialists. The flight began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia?s Mir Space Station, on which the STS-74 astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle ended November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-S-016 (12 Nov 1995) --- With five astronauts aboard, the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center?s (KSC) Launch Pad 39A. Launch occurred at 7:30:43:071 a.m. (EST), November 12, 1995. The crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia?s Mir Space Station, on which the NASA astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended on November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated. The November 20, 1995, landing also took place at KSC.

STS074-335-027 (12-20 Nov 1995) --- Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield joins two Mir-20 cosmonauts as they share a unique view through windows on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko (center), Mir-20 mission commander, and Sergei V. Avdeyev (right), flight engineer, along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter (out of frame), cosmonaut researcher, have been onboard Russia?s Mir Space Station since September 5, 1995. At the time this photo was taken, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is docked with Mir Space Station, which is the subject of interest by the three international spectators here. With five NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the STS-74 flight began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The STS-74 crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Hadfield, all mission specialists. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended on November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-324-030 (12-20 Nov 1995) --- Astronauts Chris A. Hadfield (left) and William S. McArthur, Jr. check out the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) onboard Russia?s Mir Space Station. With five NASA astronauts aboard, the flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The STS-74 crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell, Jr., pilot; McArthur, Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Mir Space Station, on which the STS-74 astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, flight engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-363-028 (12-20 Nov 1995) --- Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield is seen with a microgravity water production system on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. He is filling a fresh water supply bag for Russia?s Mir Space Station. With five NASA astronauts aboard, the flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The STS-74 crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Mir Space Station, on which the STS-74 astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, flight engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-716-021 (18 Nov 1995) --- With Earth?s horizon providing the backdrop, this is the Russia?s Mir Space Station as seen from the Space Shuttle Atlantis, soon after the two spacecraft began their relative separation on November 18, 1995. With five NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the flight began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The STS-74 crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Mir Space Station, on which the STS-74 astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-716-044 (18 Nov 1995) --- With the darkness of space providing the backdrop, this is the Russia?s Mir Space Station as seen from the Space Shuttle Atlantis, not long after the two spacecraft began their relative separation on November 18, 1995. The new Docking Module (DM), delivered by Atlantis over three days earlier, is easily identified in the 70mm frame. With five NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the flight began with a November 12, 1995, launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and ended with landing there on November 20, 1995. The STS-74 crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Mir Space Station, on which the STS-74 astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, flight engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated.

STS074-S-013 (12 Nov 1995) --- With five astronauts aboard, the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center?s (KSC) Launch Pad 39A. Launch occurred at 7:30:43:071 a.m. (EST), November 12, 1995. The crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia?s Mir Space Station, on which the NASA astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended on November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated. The November 20, 1995, landing also took place at KSC.

STS074-S-017 (12 Nov 1995) --- With five astronauts aboard, the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center?s (KSC) Launch Pad 39A. Launch occurred at 7:30:43:071 a.m. (EST), November 12, 1995. The crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, all mission specialists. On November 15, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia?s Mir Space Station, on which the NASA astronauts joined the Mir-20 crew. The Mir-20 crew is composed of cosmonauts Yuriy P. Gidzenko, commander; and Sergei V. Avdeyev, engineer; along with the European Space Agency?s (ESA) Thomas Reiter, cosmonaut researcher. Joint activities on the Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis ended on November 18, 1995, when the two spacecraft separated. The November 20, 1995, landing also took place at KSC.