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| | 09.26.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #22
Atlantis ended the fourth docking mission to the Russian Space Station Mir at 7:13 this morning with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
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| | 09.26.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #21
The Space Shuttle Atlantis glided into the Kennedy Space Center at 7:13 a.m. CDT today, marking the end of the fourth docking flight with Mir and the end of Shannon Lucid’s record setting 188 day stay on board the Russian space station.
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| | 09.25.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #20
The crew aboard Atlantis spent the day stowing equipment and deactivating experiments in preparation for tomorrow’s planned landing at 7:13 a.m. central time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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| | 09.25.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #19
Columbia’s astronauts will continue to record data on their bodies’ responses to microgravity as part of the Life & Microgravity Spacelab mission, concentrating today on inner ear changes and muscular strength measurements
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| | 09.24.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #18
The six astronauts aboard Atlantis completed a relaxed day of operations and are in the midst of a 9-hour sleep period before getting into a busy day readying their spacecraft for landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday.
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| | 09.24.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #17
Atlantis is flying solo once again after undocking from the Mir Space Station at 8:33 p.m. central time yesterday to complete five days of joint operations between the American astronauts and the Russian cosmonauts.
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| | 09.23.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #16
Atlantis and Mir will undock at 8:33 p.m. CDT tonight, and after a brief fly-around by the shuttle, go their separate ways.
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| | 09.23.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #15
The Atlantis and Mir crews bid one another an emotional farewell early this morning and then closed the hatches between their two spacecraft in preparation for this evening’s undocking.
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| | 09.22.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #14
The crews of Atlantis and Mir will begin the final full day of docked operations tonight, wrapping up the transfer of experiment data, equipment and supplies between the two spacecraft in preparation for closing the hatch between the shuttle and station at the end of the day.
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| | 09.22.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #13
STS-79 Commander Bill Readdy and Mission Specialist Jay Apt shared a brief video tour of the Mir Space Station with flight controllers this morning, taking a break from the transfer activities that have occupied much of the astronauts’ time during three days of docked operations.
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| | 09.21.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #12
Transfers of equipment and supplies from the Atlantis Spacehab module to Mir will begin to ramp down today as the attention begins to shift to the transfer of experiment samples and equipment from Mir to Atlantis.
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| | 09.21.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #11
Activities aboard Atlantis/Mir continue smoothly as the nine astronauts and cosmonauts work in their second full day of docked operations.
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| | 09.20.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #10
Astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the combined shuttle/Mir spacecraft will awaken at 8:54 p.m. CDT to begin their second full day of docked operations that will include more cargo transfers and work with the Active Rack Isolation System.
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| | 09.20.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report #9
The first full day of joint Shuttle/Mir operations began in earnest overnight with the transfer of a biotechnology investigation and logistical supplies from Atlantis to Mir.
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| | 09.19.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report # 8
The combined Atlantis and Mir Space Station crews will begin their first full day of docked operations this evening following yesterday's successful on-time docking and exchange of crew members Shannon Lucid and John Blaha.
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| | 09.19.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report # 7
Atlantis and the Mir Space Station are joined together for the fourth time following an on-time docking at 10:13 Central time last night.
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| | 09.18.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report # 6
All systems are "go" for Atlantis’ to dock with Mir at 10:13 p.m. CDT tonight, effecting the first exchange of American researchers on the Russian Space Station.
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| | 09.18.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report # 5
Atlantis’ six astronauts wrapped up another busy day on orbit activating experiments in the Spacehab module while attending to final preparations for tonight’s docking to the Mir Space Station.
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| | 09.17.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report # 4
Space Shuttle Atlantis’ six astronauts awakened just before 5 p.m. this afternoon to continue a full slate of on-board experiments and continue preparations for the Wednesday night rendezvous with Russia’s Mir space station.
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| | 09.17.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report # 3
Atlantis’ astronauts spent a busy night in orbit, activating the double Spacehab module in the shuttle’s payload bay, packing materials and supplies and filling the first four containers of water which will be delivered to the Mir Space Station after Wednesday night’s docking.
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| | 09.16.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report # 2
Astronauts on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis began their first full day of orbit operations at 4:54 p.m. CDT today, awakening to the song "Duke of Earl."
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| | 09.16.96 - STS-79 Mission Control Center Status Report # 1
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on time at 3:54 a.m. CDT today, beginning a planned 10 day mission in which Atlantis will dock with the Russian Space Station Mir and retrieve U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid, ending her record-setting six month stay onboard Mir.
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