STS-76 Flight Day 5

Abstract

On this fifth day of the STS-76 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot Richard A. Searfoss, and Mission Specialists Shannon W. Lucid, Linda M. Godwin, Michael R. Clifford, and Ronald M. Sega, pay tribute to the late astronaut Bob Overmeyer with views from the Atlantis/Mir configuration with the Earth in the background. Atlantis astronauts, interviewed by reporters from NASA Centers and Russia during an in-orbit press conference, describe their observations of Comet Hyakutake as it continues its close pass by Earth, remarking on the comet's brilliance and visibility. The astronauts and cosmonauts also took time out from their transfer and resupply activities to talk with Charlie Gibson of 'Good Morning America'.