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| | 01.31.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 19
The shuttle Endeavour swooped out of a late afternoon sky and glided to a smooth landing at the Kennedy Space Center to wrap up a nine-day, 3.6 million mile mission to deliver the final U.S. astronaut to the Russian Mir Space Station.
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| | 01.31.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 18
The Space Shuttle Endeavour is on course for a 4:35 p.m. CST landing today at the Kennedy Space Center, and Florida weather appears to be cooperating.
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| | 01.30.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 17
The STS-89 astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour are set to conclude their voyage in space at 4:35 p.m. Central time tomorrow at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following today’s checkout of systems that will be used during reentry and landing.
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| | 01.30.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 16
Thirteen humans are circling the globe simultaneously in three separate space vehicles today after a busy Thursday in which two of the ships parted company after four days of flying in tandem and a third was launched from the steppes of Khazakstan.
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| | 01.29.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 15
With a gentle push from springs in the docking mechanism attaching it to the Russian Mir Space Station, Endeavour separated from the Russian Space Station at 10:57 a.m. Central time today to wrap up more than four days of joint operations and the eighth Shuttle-Mir docking mission.
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| | 01.29.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 14
Endeavour’s astronauts are preparing to bid Mir farewell this morning with a successful crew transfer and the exchange of more than 8,000 pounds of equipment and supplies behind them.
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| | 01.28.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 13
With all of their transfer activities complete, Endeavour’s astronauts said goodbye to the Mir 24 cosmonauts, including U.S. astronaut Andy Thomas, and closed the hatches between the shuttle and the Russian station to set the stage for tomorrow’s undocking of Endeavour from the orbiting outpost.
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| | 01.28.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 12
The astronauts and cosmonauts on board the Endeavour/Mir complex are now in their final full day of docked operations, wrapping up the transfer of equipment and supplies between the two spacecraft.
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| | 01.27.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 11
With their transfer activities nearing completion, the astronauts and cosmonauts on board the Endeavour/Mir complex are preparing for their final full day of docked operations.
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| | 01.27.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 10
The seven astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour were awakened at 4:48 a.m. today to begin their third full day of joint docked operations with the Russian Mir space station.
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| | 01.26.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 9
Following some on-orbit modifications today, Mir 24 crewmember Andy Thomas successfully completed a fit and leak check of the Soyuz Sokol spacesuit he carried to orbit, resolving the issue of which suit and Soyuz seat liner would remain on Mir during his planned four-month mission.
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| | 01.26.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 8
Continued transfer of hardware and supplies to and from the Mir space station remains the prime order of business today as STS-89 enters its second full day of joint docked operations.
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| | 01.25.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 7
Astronaut Andy Thomas officially became a member of the Mir 24 crew late today and Dave Wolf became a member of the STS-89 crew after the exchange of U.S. astronauts on the Endeavour-Mir complex was delayed when problems were encountered during a fit check of Thomas’ Soyuz capsule pressure suit.
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| | 01.25.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 6
Astronauts aboard space shuttle Endeavour were awakened at 5:48 a.m. CST Sunday to the song "Friends, We Are Migrant Birds," a Russian pilots song.
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| | 01.24.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 5
For the eighth time in three years, an American space shuttle is linked to a Russian space station following the successful on-time docking of Endeavour to the Mir Space Station at 2:14 p.m. Central time.
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| | 01.24.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 4
As the final steps in the orbital ballet of rendezvous are taken, Space Shuttle Endeavour closes the remaining distance to the Russian Mir space station.
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| | 01.23.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 3
Endeavour’s astronauts spent much of today preparing for Saturday’s docking with the Mir space station and their first face-to-face meeting with astronaut Dave Wolf, who has called the Mir home for the past four months.
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| | 01.23.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 2
The seven-member STS-89 crew of Endeavour -- Commander Terry Wilcutt, Pilot Joe Edwards and Mission Specialists Jim Reilly, Mike Anderson, Bonnie Dunbar, Salizhan Sharipov and Andy Thomas -- will begin its first full day of on-orbit activities Friday morning with a wake-up call from Mission Control at 9:48 a.m. CST.
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| | 01.22.98 - STS-89 Mission Control Center Status Report # 1
The shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts streaked into orbit on time tonight, lighting up the Florida skies at 8:48 p.m. Central time to kick off the first shuttle mission of the year.
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