Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Atlantis Docked to Mir
Full Description:
This view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis still connected to Russia's Mir Space Station was photographed by the Mir-19 crew on July 4, 1995. Cosmonauts Anatoliy Y. Solovyev and Nikolai M. Budarin, Mir-19 Commander and Flight Engineer, respectively, temporarily undocked the Soyuz spacecraft from the cluster of Mir elements to perform a brief fly-around. They took pictures while the STS-71 crew, with Mir-18's three crew members aboard, undocked Atlantis for the completion of this leg of the joint activities. Solovyev and Budarin had been taxied to the Mir Space Station by the STS-71 ascent trip of Atlantis.
Date:
07/04/1995
NASA Center:
Johnson Space Center
Subject Category:
Space Shuttle
Subject Category:
Shuttle-Mir
Keywords:
Space
Keywords:
Atlantis
Keywords:
Vehicle
Keywords:
Station
Keywords:
Soyuz
Keywords:
Mir
Keywords:
Transport
Keywords:
Russian
Keywords:
Solovyev
Keywords:
Budarin
Keywords:
STS-71
Keywords:
TM
Keywords:
Anatoliy
Keywords:
Nikolai
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Russian Mir Space Station
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
Orbiter Atlantis
facet_where:
Russia
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_when:
July 4, 1995
facet_when:
07-04-1995
facet_when_year:
1995
Image #:
STS071-S-072
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 1315
Center:
JSC
Center Number:
STS071-S-072
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001315
Creator-Photographer:
Mir- Crew
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Atlantis Docked to Mir