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STS-79 Post-Flight Presentation
- Video Tape only
- Title STS-79 Post-Flight Presentation
- Released: 01/01/1996
- Language English
- Footage Type
- Copyright ESA
- Description
Post-flight presentation of the STS-79 mission, on which the NASA shuttle Atlantis docked with rhe Russian space station Mir. Crew members were as follows: Shannon Lucid, John Blaha, Jay Apt, Terry Wilcutt, Bill Readdy, Tom Akers, and Carl Walz. Shannon Lucid was collected and brought back to Earth, while John Blaha was transferred to Mir.
The presentation incorporates a slide show, cosisting of the following images: night launch of the Atlantis; Wilcutt in the pilot seat; Walz with MGM (Mechanics of Granular Materials) experiment; Wilcutt with water transfer bags; Apt at Tipps; Ready reading rendezvous checklist in commander seat; optical sight of Mir space station; Atlantis as seen from Mir; nose of orbiter and solar array after docking to Mir; Blaha in Russian space suit; Lucid and MIR flight engineer, Alexander Kaleri inside MIR; MIR commander Valery Korzun in MIR's base block module; Akers working in double Spacehab module; Readdy transferring Russian hardware to MIR; Lucid inside hardware rack in Space