The STS-88 Shuttle mission involved the joining of the first two elements of the International Space Station - the Russian Zarya module and the American node Unity. on December 10th, 1998, Russian cosmonaut /mission specialist Sergei Krikalev and mission commander Robert Cabana opened the hatch between Endeavour and the first element of the International Space Station.
Footage as follows: astronauts open hatch and enter Pressurised Mating Adapter 2; astronauts open hatch and enter Unity; astronauts open hatch from Pressurised Mating Adapter 1 and enter Zarya; crew conference from Zarya; laying air ducting; installation of communications module; computer screen showing crew link to International Space Station Flight Control Room in Houston; removal of faulty battery charging unit; crew interview from Unity; more footage of opening hatches and entering various modules, installation of communications systems; in-flight maintenance of faulty battery system; crew conference; general views of interior of modules

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