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01 JULY 1995                                         STS071(E)024

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS


STS-71 VIEW FROM MIR ---- This electronic still image shows part of Russia's
Mir Space Station and a portion of the payload bay of the Space Shuttle
Atlantis, backdropped against Earth's limb.  A small area on the Spacelab
science module (note STS-71 decal) is visible in the lower left quadrant of
the image.  Following the historic linkup of the two spacecraft on June 29,
five astronauts and two cosmonauts made their way through the science module
and a special tunnel apparatus attached to it to begin a week's work onboard
the two countries' linked spacecraft with astronaut Norman E. Thagard and two
cosmonauts.  The latter three have been onboard Mir since March of this year.
An electronic still camera (ESC), marking NASA's first in-space usage of
downlinked color still imagery, recorded the scene.

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