Launched on September 25th 1998, the STS-86 mission to dock with Russian space station Mir included the CNES astronaut Jean-Loup Chretien. The space shuttle Atlantis docked with Mir two days after the launch. David Wolf was transferred to Mir for a projected four-month stay, and Michael Foale was retrieved. The mission landed successfully on October 6th, 1998.
Footage as follows: crew leaves operations and checkout building; astronauts suited-up and strapped into seats; launch, view from inside cockpit at ignition; SRB separation [including view from inside cockpit]; interior and exterior views firing thrusters on approach to Mir; view of Spacehab in payload bay; viwe of Mir through centreline camera; docking; opening hatch, astronauts shake hands and embrace, attitude control computer passed through hatch; crews eat fruit, bananas; installation of various replacement equipment; solar panels, damaged by Progress; Mir flythrough; suited-up astronauts ready for EVA; astronauts perform EVA; Scott Parazynski wit

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