STS-63 Mission Patch

67th Space Shuttle Mission

20th Flight of Discovery Crew:

James D. Wetherbee, Commander

Eileen M. Collins, Pilot

Bernard A. Harris, Jr., Payload Commander

C. Michael Foale, Mission Specialist

Janice Voss, Mission Specialist

Vladimir G. Titov, Mission Specialist

This was the first Shuttle flight with a female pilot and the second flight carrying a Russian cosmonaut. One of Discovery's primary objectives was a rendezvous with the Russian Mir Space Station, in a dress rehearsal for an upcoming docking mission.