KSC-97EC-0780 - STS-84 Mission Specialist Noreiga arrives at SLF prior to launch 


STS-84 Mission Specialist Carlos I. Noriega arrives in a T-38 jet at
KSCs Shuttle Landing Facility. The pilot of the plane is astronaut
Frank Culbertson, who is the NASA director of the Phase One Program of
the International Space Station. STS-84 will be Noriegas first space
flight. The nine-day mission will be the sixth docking of the Space
Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. During the docking, STS-84
Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale will transfer to the Russian space
station to become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S.
astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth on
Atlantis. Foale is scheduled to remain on Mir about four months until
his replacement arrives on STS-86 in September.

 
                                               05/11/97