STS-84
Report # 06 
Saturday, May 17, 1997 7 p.m. CDT 
 
 The crews aboard the joint Shuttle-Mir complex are scheduled to be
awakened this evening at 8:08 p.m. CDT to begin their second day of
docked operations.

  Earlier today at 9:15 a.m. CDT, the exchange of NASA astronauts
serving aboard Mir took place as STS-84 crew member Mike Foale
officially became a member of the Mir 23 crew.  NASA astronaut Jerry
Linenger, who served aboard Mir for 123 days, is now a member of
STS-84 Commander Charlie Precourt's crew, serving as Mission
Specialist.

  After they get through post-sleep activities, the STS-84 and Mir 23
crews will continue the transfer of items between the two spacecraft.
Precourt and Pilot Eileen Collins will conduct a photo survey of the
Mir station.  Mission Specialist Jean-Francois Clervoy will continue
work with Biorack - the primary science payload being carried in the
Spacehab module. Elena Kondakova also will work with some Biorack
experiments and will take environmental samples before helping with
Mir transfer activities. Carlos Noriega will perform a check of some
experiments being carried in the middeck and Ed Lu will activate a
radiation monitor experiment.  Foale and Linenger will continue their
handover discussions to help Foale prepare for his 4 ½ month stay
aboard Mir.

  Early tomorrow morning, Precourt and Mir 23 Commander Vasily
Tsibliev will answer qustions from CBS Correspondent Bill Harwood.
That interview is scheduled to take place at 5:48 a.m. CDT.

  Systems onboard the Atlantis-Mir complex continue to work normally
as it circles the Earth every 92 minutes at an altitude of 248 x 234
statute miles.

  The next MCC status report will be issued at 5:00 a.m. on Sunday.


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