nsfw:racy: Possible ocr: STS-79 Day 8 Shortly before 5 a.m. central time today, the nine astronauts and cosmonauts gathered in the Core Module of the Russian space station for a formal goodbye. With the official ceremony complete, the crewmembers shared a final mealtogether and exchanged private farewells as Shannon Lucid prepared to return home in Atlantis and her replacement on Mir, John Blaha, began afour month stay on the out- post. Shortly after 7 a.m. today, Mission Specialists Carl Walz and Jay Apt and Mir 22 Commander Valery Korzun with assistance from Flight Engineer 2 John Blaha, swung the natches between th ...
