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STS-79 Flight Day 9On this ninth day of the STS-79 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. William F. Readdy, Pilot Terrence W. Wilcutt, Mission Specialists, Thomas D. Akers, Shannon Lucid, Jay Apt, and Carl E. Walz having completed five days of joint operations between the American astronauts and the Russian cosmonauts are seen flying solo once again after undocking from the Mir Space Station. As Atlantis/Mir flew over the Ural Mountains of central Asia, the docking hooks and latches that joined the vehicles together were commanded open and Atlantis drifted slowly away from Mir. Wilcutt then initiated a tail-forward fly-around of the Russian space station. After one and one-half revolutions around Mir, Atlantis' jets were fired in a separation maneuver to enable Atlantis to break away from Mir. On board Atlantis, the six-member crew is settling back into its normal routine with a fairly light schedule for the remainder of the day. Early in the morning as Atlantis flew over the United States, the crew took time to talk with anchors for the CBS Up to the Minute' network news broadcast.
Document ID
19970000500
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Video
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
September 24, 1996
Subject Category
Space Transportation
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-111774
BRF-1399I
NONP-NASA-VT-1996093676
Accession Number
97N10466
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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