A presentation of the NASA mission STS-74, during which the space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir. Launched in Nov 1995, the mission involved the following NASA astronauts: Ken Cameron, commander; Jim Halsell, pilot; Chris Hadfield, mission specialist; Jerry Ross, mission specialist; and Bill McArthur, mission specialist.
The Atlantis crew give a video presentation which includes the following material: launch of the shuttle; views of the Earth after opening of the payload bay doors; the islands of Majorca; installation of the Russian docking module using the Canada robotic arm, view through centre-line camera; views of Mir, docking with the Russian space station, rotating solar ray: entry of Mir crew (including ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter), shaking hands etc.; transfer of protein growth crystal experiment from shuttle to Mir; crews eat ice-cream together, playing guitars; gathering data from Mir jet firings; Atlantis crew leave Mir; crew wave through window; craft undocking; crew