STS-88: Post-Flight Presentation

The STS-88 shuttle mission involved the joining of the first two elements of the International Space Station - the Russian Zarya module and the American node Unity. On December 10th, 1998, Russian cosmonaut /mission specialist Sergei Krikalev and mission commander Robert Cabana opened the hatch between Endeavour and the first element of the International Space Station.
This post-flight summary contains the following images: Proton rocket rolled out and raised upright, launch of Zarya; Unity mission crew leave operations and checkout building, shuttle [Endeavour] night launch, flight, SRB separation [including view from inside flight deck]; external tank falls over Pyrenees; opening of payload bay doors, testing of robotic arm, closing of snares; extraction of Unity from payload bay, docked with shuttle; approach of Zarya, grapple [exterior views, interior views, view through camera]; Zarya and Unity mated; astronauts suit up and pass into airlock; exterior view of hatch opening, astronauts pass into payload.