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| | 05.24.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 19
The Shuttle Atlantis, carrying seven astronauts including Jerry Linenger, glided to a delayed, but smooth landing this morning at the Kennedy Space Center to wrap the sixth docking mission to the Russian Mir Space Station and the delivery of astronaut Mike Foale for the start of his four month tour of duty
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| | 05.23.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 18
The STS-84 crew aboard Atlantis are busy with final stowage of experiments and equipment in preparation for return to Earth early tomorrow morning while the flight team in Mission Control continues to assess the weather forecast for the landing site on Saturday.
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| | 05.23.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 17
Atlantis is set to conclude its voyage in space at 6:52 a.m. Central time tomorrow at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following this morning’s checkout of systems that will be used during reentry and landing.
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| | 05.22.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 16
With the exchange of two crew members and more than three tons of food, water, equipment and experiment samples complete, the main objectives of the STS-84 mission have been achieved and the astronauts aboard the Atlantis are turning their attention toward packing up for the return home.
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| | 05.22.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 15
Bidding one another goodbye and "dasvedanya," Atlantis’ seven astronauts and Mir’s three cosmonauts ended five days of joint operations Wednesday night when the Shuttle undocked from the Space Station at 8:04 p.m. high above the Ukraine, east of the capital of Kiev.
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| | 05.21.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 14
Docked operations between the Atlantis and Mir will conclude this evening when the Shuttle undocks at approximately 8:04 p.m. CDT to conclude the joint work conducted during this sixth Shuttle-Mir mission.
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| | 05.21.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 13
The ten astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the Atlantis-Mir space complex said their final farewells and closed the hatches on their two spacecraft this morning, wrapping up five days of joint operations in which about 7,000 pounds of supplies, experiments and water were transferred between the two vehicles, as well as astronaut Mike Foale, who swapped places with Jerry Linenger for the start of a four-month research mission on the Russian outpost.
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| | 05.20.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 12
The crews aboard the Atlantis-Mir complex will begin their final full day of joint docked operations this evening as they finish up transfer operations and prepare for tomorrow night’s undocking.
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| | 05.20.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 11
The fourth day of docked operations between Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Mir Space Station was highlighted by the continuing transfer of water, experiments and logistical supplies between the two spacecraft.
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| | 05.19.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 10
The STS-84 crew will begin Flight Day 6 activities at 8:08 p.m. CDT this evening when they receive a wake up call from Mission Control-Houston.
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| | 05.19.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 9
The ten astronauts and cosmonauts of the Atlantis-Mir space complex continued their work through the overnight hours, transferring water, hardware and logistical supplies to and from each other’s spacecraft in the third day of joint operations between the Shuttle and the Russian Space Station crewmembers.
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| | 05.18.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 8
As they get ready to begin their third day of docked operations, the crews aboard the Atlantis-Mir complex are well into the transfer activities planned for the STS-84 mission.
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| | 05.18.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 7
The ten astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the Atlantis-Mir complex spent their first full day of work together conducting science investigations and transferring equipment from one spacecraft to the other.
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| | 05.17.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 6
The crews aboard the joint Shuttle-Mir complex are scheduled to be awakened this evening at 8:08 p.m. CDT to begin their second day of docked operations.
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| | 05.18.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 5
Space Shuttle Atlantis and Space Station Mir joined together for the sixth time last night with a flawless docking which occurred at 9:33 p.m. Central time over the Adriatic Sea.
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| | 05.16.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 4
With the distance between Atlantis and Mir growing ever shorter, crews aboard both vehicles are busy with preparations for this evening’s docking of the two vehicles.
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| | 05.16.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 3
Atlantis continues to close on the Mir Space Station in anticipation of tonight’s sixth linkup between the Shuttle and the Russian space complex.
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| | 05.15.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 2
Discovery’s seven astronauts spent their first full day on orbit preparing for tomorrow’s retrieval of the Hubble Space Telescope by checking out the Shuttle’s robot arm, surveying the payload bay worksites and testing the spacesuits that will be used for the four planned spacewalks beginning Thursday night.
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| | 05.15.97 - STS-84 Mission Control Center Status Report # 1
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off precisely on schedule at 3:08 a.m. CDT today after a smooth and uneventful countdown.
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