ATLANTIS, MIR CREWS CELEBRATE FLAWLESS DOCKING.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir began five days of joint operations A general term to describe military actions conducted by joint forces or by Service forces in relationships (e.g., support, coordinating authority) which, of themselves, do not create joint forces. Wednesday as the American astronaut astronaut, crew member on a U.S. manned spaceflight mission; the Soviet term is cosmonaut. Candidates for manned spaceflight are carefully screened to meet the highest physical and mental standards, and they undergo rigorous training. John Blaha got ready to return home after four months on the Russian craft. Atlantis and Mir are linked, forming a 265-ton space complex, after a nearly flawless rendezvous and docking Tuesday night. Atlantis locked onto Mir's docking module at 10:54 p.m., Eastern time, 240 miles above central Russia. The shuttle commander, Michael Baker Michael Baker can refer to:
Blaha said he had seen Atlantis approaching as a shining star until the sun suddenly rose and the ship came into full view. ``It was a beautiful sight,'' he said enthusiastically. ``Contact and capture,'' Baker radioed as metal docking rings aboard each spacecraft joined. Electric motors then drew the craft together, completing the docking process and creating an airtight air·tight adj. 1. Impermeable by air. 2. Having no weak points; sound: an airtight excuse. airtight Adjective 1. seal. The opening of the hatches between the two vehicles was delayed slightly while Atlantis astronauts hunted for spare batteries for a hand-held microphone that would enable the crews to speak to the ground, said Bob Castle, mission operations director at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. ``We waited on the hatch to set everything right,'' he said. When the hatches between Atlantis and Mir swung open at 12:57 a.m. Wednesday, wild cheering erupted among both crews, and there were exchanges of hugs and handshakes. Then all nine - six from Atlantis and three from Mir - went into Mir's core module for welcoming ceremonies that resembled an impromptu A Windows query and reporting tool from Cognos with support for a large variety of databases. It is capable of generating cross tabs for spreadsheets such as Excel, Lotus for Windows and Quattro Pro for Windows. party among old friends. Valery Korzun Valery Grigorievich Korzun (Russian: Валерий Григорьевич Корзун) is a Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. and Alexander Kaleri, the Russian crewmen who have been with Blaha during his four-month stay aboard Mir, welcomed their visitors with a traditional Russian offering of bread and salt. And the Atlantis crew presented bags of fresh fruit and other gifts to their hosts. |
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