STS-71 Mission Specialist Bonnnie J. Dunbar looks relaxed and at ease as she finishes donning her launch entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building with assistance from a suit technician. Dunbar is about to embark on her third trip into space; she also bears the distinction of having become one of the first U.S. astronauts to undergo cosmonaut training in Russia, and her expertise will be invaluable during STS-71, when the first docking of the U.S. Shuttle to the Russian Space Station Mir is scheduled to occur. Dunbar and the rest of the STS-71 flight crew will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Atlantis is poisied for liftoff during a 10-minute window opening at 3:32 p.m. EDT.
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STS-71 Mission Specialist Bonnnie J. Dunbar looks relaxed and at ease as she finishes donning her launch entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building with assistance from a suit technician. Dunbar is about to embark on her third trip into space; she also bears the distinction of having become one of the first U.S. astronauts to undergo cosmonaut training in Russia, and her expertise will be invaluable during STS-71, when the first docking of the U.S. Shuttle to the Russian Space Station Mir is scheduled to occur. Dunbar and the rest of the STS-71 flight crew will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Atlantis is poisied for liftoff during a 10-minute window opening at 3:32 p.m. EDT.