STS79-E-5294
June 3, 2011
Left to right, cosmonaut Aleksandr Y. Kaleri, Mir-22 flight engineer; astronaut John E. Blaha, cosmonaut guest researcher; and cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun, Mir-22 commander, Mir-22 crew members in their final photo aboard Russia's Mir Space Station before bidding farewell to the STS-79 crew members, aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, during Flight Day 8. Soon after this Electronic Still Camera (ESC) view was recorded the STS-79 astronauts aboard Atlantis separated from the Mir.
Topics:
Human spaceflight, Spacecraft, Space exploration, Disaster Accident, Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir, STS-79, STS-81, John E. Blaha, Valery Korzun, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Mir, Manned spacecraft, Spaceflight, cosmonaut
