STS-76 Post Flight Press Conference

The flight crew of the STS-76 Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis; Cmdr. Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot Richard A. Searfoss, and Mission Specialists Linda M. Godwin, Michael R. Clifford, and Ronald M. Sega present an overview of their mission. Highlights STS-76 include the first spacewalk by U.S. astronauts while the shuttle is attached to the Russian Space Station Mir, and the transfer of Shannon W. Lucid to the Mir-21 crew, the first American woman to serve as a Mir station researcher. She will remain aboard the orbiting station until Atlantis again docks with Mir in early August. Video footage includes the following: prelaunch and launch activities; shuttle launch; in-orbit rendezous; in-orbit docking between Mir and the orbiter; general crew activities; tranfer of supplies; Godwin and Clifford's EVA; undocking maneuvers; and the re-entry and landing of the orbiter.