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Group shot in Mir

Group shot in Mir









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View of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it rendezvous with the Russian Mir Space Station

View of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it rendezvous with the Russian Mir Space Station

Grunsfeld reloads film into a camera used to record experiments

Grunsfeld reloads film into a camera used to record experiments

Wisoff and Baker pack soft stowage bags in their rack in the Spacehab module

Wisoff and Baker pack soft stowage bags in their rack in the Spacehab module
Korzun and Kaleri move the Optical Properties Monitor (OPM)

Korzun and Kaleri move the Optical Properties Monitor (OPM)
Linenger, Blaha and Wisoff around the wardroom table, sampling Russian food

Linenger, Blaha and Wisoff around the wardroom table, sampling Russian food
Baker/Jett/Korzun in Base Block

Baker/Jett/Korzun in Base Block

Ivins stows launch and entry suits on shuttle

Ivins stows launch and entry suits on Shuttle

Jett prepares for docking - looks out over head window in flight deck

Jett prepares for docking - looks out over head window in flight deck

Exterior shot of Soyuz docked to Mir

Exterior shot of Soyuz docked to Mir

Baker and Jett work on equipment in hab

Baker and Jett work on equipment in hab

Wisoff in sleeping bag in hab

Wisoff in sleeping bag in hab

Wide shot of Mir

Wide shot of Mir
Progress and Kvant modules

Progress and Kvant modules

Spektr module

Spektr module

Sunlight reflects off the ODS and the OMS pods of Atlantis

Sunlight reflects off the ODS and the OMS pods of Atlantis
Discolored exterior of Base Block

Discolored exterior of Base Block

Discolored base of Luch antenna

Discolored base of Luch antenna

Ivins in flight deck with Mir behind in windows

Ivins in flight deck with Mir behind in windows

Baker in commander seat

Baker in commander seat

View of the ODS in Atlantis's payload bay

View of the ODS in Atlantis's payload bay

Linenger, Ivins, and Wisoff prepare equipment in hab

Linenger, Ivins, and Wisoff prepare equipment in hab

View of Mir docked from shuttle window

View of Mir docked from Shuttle window
The Mir-22 and STS-81 crew watch the fruit fly free in the Base Block module

The Mir-22 and STS-81 crew watch the fruit fly free in the Base Block module

View of the STS-81 orbiter Atlantis ODS in the orbiter payload bay

View of the STS-81 orbiter Atlantis ODS in the orbiter payload bay

Docking module (DM) on the Kristall module

Docking module (DM) on the Kristall module
Base Block module

Base Block module

Ivins with inflatable birthday cake in shuttle

Ivins with inflatable birthday cake in Shuttle

Wisoff in Mir's Base Block

Wisoff in Mir's Base Block

Ivins at Kristall near hatch

Ivins at Kristall near hatch
Korzun joins Mir & shuttle models in the spacehab

Korzun joins Mir & Shuttle models in the spacehab

Jerry Linenger delivering the gift of portable flashlights to the Mir-22 crew

Jerry Linenger delivering the gift of portable flashlights to the Mir-22 crew

Grunsfeld holds up the Shuttle/Mir program photo to show the crew signatures

Grunsfeld holds up the Shuttle/Mir program photo to show the crew signatures
Kvant-2 module

Kvant-2 module

Mir space station central node

Mir Space Station central node

Soyuz spacecraft docking to the Mir space station central node

Soyuz spacecraft docking to the Mir Space Station central node
Spektr module

Spektr module

Spektr module

Spektr module

Baker, Korzun, Ivins review Spacehab inventory

Baker, Korzun, Ivins review Spacehab inventory

Korzun and Kaleri pose with the Protein Crystal Growth GN2 Dewar freezer

Korzun and Kaleri pose with the Protein Crystal Growth GN2 Dewar freezer

John Blaha floats a baseball in the middeck

John Blaha floats a baseball in the middeck

Wisoff and Grunsfeld perform a Lioh canister changeout

Wisoff and Grunsfeld perform a Lioh canister changeout

Jett in flight deck with a distant Mir in the overhead windows

Jett in flight deck with a distant Mir in the overhead windows

STS-81 mission commander Michael Baker is greeted by Mir-22 commander Valeri Korzun

STS-81 mission commander Michael Baker is greeted by Mir-22 commander Valeri Korzun

Korzun, Wisoff, Blaha on Russian side of hatch

Korzun, Wisoff, Blaha on Russian side of hatch

Kvant-2 interior

Kvant-2 interior

Kvant-1 exterior

Kvant-1 exterior

Kvant-2 exterior

Kvant-2 exterior

Kvant-2 exterior

Kvant-2 exterior
Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan

Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan

Cairo, The Nile River delta and the three great pyramids at Giza

Cairo, The Nile River delta and the three great pyramids at Giza

Nile River, Lake Nasser and the Red Sea, Egypt

Nile River, Lake Nasser and the Red Sea, Egypt

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