STS-76 Flight Day 8

Abstract

On this eighth day of the STS-76 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot Richard A. Searfoss, and Mission Specialists Linda M. Godwin, Michael R. Clifford, and Ronald M. Sega are shown undocking from the Mir Space Station. With Mir some 60 nautical miles behind them, the Atlantis astronauts prepared for the return to Earth. Chilton, Searfoss and Clifford perform a routine checkout of Atlantis' flight control surfaces and a hotfire test of the orbiter's reaction control system jets. Views include the undocking maneuver; Atlantis as seen from the Mir Space Station; Atlantis' fly-round of Mir; and the firing of the Reaction Control System (RCS) primary thrusters.