|  Overview STS-79 launched on September 16, 1996, with crew member John Blaha. He 
        replaced astronaut Shannon Lucid, to continue the American presence on 
        Mir and joined the Mir-22 crew of Valeri Korzun and Alexander Kaleri. 
        Blaha returned to Earth with STS-81, on January 22, 1997, after 128 days 
        in space.
  Crew 
        List Valeri 
        Korzun
 Alexander 
        Kaleri
 John Blaha
  Crew 
        Biographies 
  Mir-22 Weekly Reports 
  Interviews
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