Hatch opening and welcome ceremony at the Mir/Endeavour interface

STS089-386-013 (22-31 Jan. 1998) --- Astronaut David A. Wolf, cosmonaut guest researcher, greets Terrence W. Wilcutt, STS-89 shuttle mission commander, and Bonnie J. Dunbar, payload commander, after hatch opening following Russia?s Mir Space Station's and the space shuttle Endeavour's docking. The greeting kicked off several days of joint activity between the NASA and Mir crew members, during the eighth shuttle/Mir docking mission. Photo credit: NASA