After thirteen years in space, Mir was finally evacuated on August 28th, 1999. This tape contains footage of the final crew - Jean-Pierre Haignere, Viktor Afansyev, Serge Avdeyev - upon their return to Earth. As follows: helicopter shots of capsule landing, crew removed from capsule, photo shoot, Haignere walked out of recovery tent and into van, Haignere walked from van into helicopter, welcome ceremony at airport, Haignere helped onto plane; interview with Lionel Suchet, CNES chief of Perseus project; interview with Claudie Andre-Deshays, CNES back-up astronaut; interview with Jean-Pierre Haignere and Gerard Brachet, CNES director-general; astronauts greeted by cake and press as they get off plane.
Followed up by 'the Mir Compilation', ESA prod. no. 000889.

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