STS-71/Mir/Spacelab Landing at KSC

Abstract

Live footage of various day landing views of the Spacecraft Atlantis are shown from different camera sites. Also shown is the re-entry and day landing of the spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center. Footage also includes touchdown, drag chute deployment, nose gear touchdown, and the ground recovery crew as they travel to the spacecraft. Atlantis crew, Commander Robert L. Gibson, Pilot Charles J. Precourt, Mission Specialists Ellen S. Baker, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Gregory J. Harbaugh, and the download crew from MIR-18 Norman E. Thagard, Vladimir Dezhurov, and Gennadiy Strekalov are also seen leaving the craft. Included is a phone conversation between President Clinton and the crew.