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The mission Euromir '95, launched on 3rd September 1995 and lasting 179 days, involved the transfer of the Geman astronaut Thomas Reiter to the Russian space station Mir.
This film provides a summary of the mission, containing key images as follows: Reiter and colleague cycle through grounds of Star City, Baikonur; Reiter speaks Russian in class; training in Soyuz simulator; Mir simulator in pool; Reiter climbs into EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity) suit; swimming, jogging, training with weights; Proton rocket raised to vertical position; suiting-up, waving, launch; astronauts during ascent; Mir, Earth in background, Soyuz vehicle; docking; opening hatch, astronauts greet each other; Reiter floats through Mir; space sunrise; Reiter demonstrates his living quarters; using ergometer, screen output; injecting fluid from syringe into petri dish, screwing camera together; approaching re-supply vehicle; Reiter jogs on conveyor belt; various exercising; Russian cosmonaut drinks; Reiter in pressure sensor-suit; etc.