STS-84
Report # 10 
Monday, May 19, 1997 - 5:30 p.m. CDT  
 
  The STS-84 crew will begin Flight Day 6 activities at 8:08 p.m. CDT
this evening when they receive a wake up call from Mission
Control-Houston.  The Mir 23crews's wake up alarm on the Russian
station will sound about one hour later.

  Now more than 67 hours into docked operations, the crews aboard the
Atlantis-Mir complex are nearing the completion of their transfer
activities for the STS-84 mission.  The crews will begin their fourth
day of docked operations with 76% of transfer operations complete with
188 of 249 items having already been moved between the two vehicles.
More than 87% of the resupply items for the Mir station are already
onboard.  For the items coming back on Atlantis, 59% of the U.S. items
and 71% of the Russia items are already stowed for the return to
Earth.

  In addition to continuing their transfer efforts and working with
the Biorack, activities this evening will include tests with the Mir
Structural Dynamics Experiment (MiSDE).  This experiment will gather
structural dynamics data on the Mir-Atlantis mated configuration by
firing maneuvering thrusters on either the Shuttle or Mir.  For
tonight's data collection, only Atlantis' thrusters will be used.

  The two crews will take a break from their transfer activities and
science work to conduct an interview with the Cable News Network (CNN)
early tomorrow morning.  The CNN event will take place just after 7
a.m. CDT Tuesday morning.
  
  The Atlantis-Mir complex continues to circle the Earth every 92
minutes at an altitude of 248 x 234 statute miles.

The next MCC status report will be issued at 5 a.m. on Tuesday.

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