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View of Space Shuttle Atlantis during approach and docking to Mir Space Station
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View of Space Shuttle Atlantis during approach and docking to Mir Space Station

NM21-401-012 (28 March 1996) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis is backdropped over the darkness of space, and partially over clouds and open ocean waters on Earth, as it and Russia’s Mir Space Station begin their relative separation following several days of joint operations. This 35mm film was exposed by astronaut Shannon W. Lucid as she was beginning her record-setting stay aboard Mir, as a cosmonaut guest researcher. Onboard with Lucid were her Mir-21 crew mates, cosmonauts Yuriy I. Onufriyenko, commander; and Yuriy V. Usachov, flight engineer. Onboard Atlantis were Kevin P. Chilton, STS-76 mission commander; Richard A. Searfoss, pilot; along with Linda M. Godwin, Ronald M. Sega and Michael R. (Rich) Clifford, mission specialists.

Date
1996-03-28
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"View of Space Shuttle Atlantis during approach and docking to Mir Space Station" (1996-03-28). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/NM21-401-012

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