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Space/USA - Space Shuttle Mir Undocking

(1 Apr 1996) T/I 10:53:20 STORY: SHUTTLE LOCATION: SPACE/USA DATE: 28 MARCH 1996 DURATION: 2.02 Atlantis leaves woman astronaut behind on Mir The US space shuttle Atlantis on Thursday (28/3) pulled away from Russia's orbital station Mir, ending a five-day visit and leaving behind a veteran NASA astronaut for a four and a half month research programme. The shuttle pilots gently guided the 100-tonne craft from its docking port on Mir and manoeuvered to a point 600 feet (183 meters) from the station to begin an hour-long photographic survey. Atlantis co-pilot Richard Searfoss then planned to fire the shuttle's steering jets to leave Mir's orbit and end the third joint US-Russian shuttle-Mir mission. Earlier in the day the astronauts exchanged emotional good-byes with Shannon Lucid and her new crewmates on Mir, then sealed their spacecraft hatches. Lucid, a 53-year-old biochemist, is scheduled to be retrieved by Atlantis during its next mission in August, while Mir commander Yuri Onufrienko and flight engineer Yuri Usachev are scheduled to fly back to Russia in a Soyuz spacecraft in July. SHOWS: SPACE/USA 28/3: presser on board shuttle/Mir; Commander Kevin Chilton SOT: "This is a bittersweet moment for us but one with a lot of satisfaction. We have had a wonderful time on the Mir-Atlantis complex here, and it started off just fantastic with the warmest welcome anyone could imagine. It has just gone uphill from there with a great working relationship between the two crews." undocking (split/screen) shot of Mir with earth in background; Houston mission control; view of space shuttle from Mir. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...