[meteorite-list] OT Question about Shuttle/Mir photo

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From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:05 2004
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Hi Mark,

> I have a question that my son asked and I could not answer. If someone
> on the list could answer this I would really appreciate it.

> In the photo list there is a shot of the shuttle docked with Mir, you
> can view it at: <http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021020.html>
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021020.html

> Who or what took this photo? I know it is not Hubble, I have a hunch
> it is a little too far away to be an astronaut in an MMU. How did they
> take this photo?

My first guess upon seeing the picture was that it was taken by an
approaching or departing crew following a crew-switch. Text accompanying
that picture can be found on the website link above, and reads:
"This view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis still connected to Russia's
Mir Space Station was photographed by the Mir-19 crew on July 4, 1995.
Cosmonauts Anatoliy Y. Solovyev and Nikolai M. Budarin, Mir-19
Commander and Flight Engineer, respectively, temporarily undocked the
Soyuz spacecraft from the cluster of Mir elements to perform a brief
fly-around. They took pictures while the STS-71 crew, with Mir-18's
three crew members aboard, undocked Atlantis for the completion of
this leg of the joint activities. Solovyev and Budarin had been
taxied to the Mir Space Station by the STS-71 ascent trip of Atlantis."

Cheers,
Rob

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class=029480620-30102002>Hi Mark,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002>> </SPAN>I have a question that my son asked
and I could not answer. If someone<SPAN class=029480620-30102002><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></SPAN> on the list<SPAN
class=029480620-30102002> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Courier New"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>could answer this I would
really appreciate it.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002>> </SPAN>In the photo list there is a shot of
the shuttle docked with Mir, you<SPAN class=029480620-30102002><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></SPAN> can view it
at:<SPAN class=029480620-30102002> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021020.html"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021020.html</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002>> </SPAN>Who or what took this photo? I know it
is not Hubble, I have a hunch<SPAN class=029480620-30102002><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></SPAN> it is a<SPAN
class=029480620-30102002> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face="Courier New">little too far away to be an astronaut in an MMU. How did
they<SPAN class=029480620-30102002><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></SPAN> take this
photo?<SPAN class=029480620-30102002> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002>My first guess upon seeing the picture was that it
was taken by an</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002>approaching </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=029480620-30102002>or departing
crew following a crew-switch.  Text accompanying</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002>that picture can </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=029480620-30102002>be found on the website
link above, and reads:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002>"</SPAN>This view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis still
connected to Russia's</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2>Mir Space Station was
photographed by the Mir-19 crew on July 4, 1995.<SPAN
class=029480620-30102002><FONT face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2>Cosmonauts Anatoliy Y.
Solovyev and Nikolai M. Budarin, Mir-19<SPAN class=029480620-30102002><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2>Commander and Flight
Engineer, respectively, temporarily undocked the<SPAN
class=029480620-30102002><FONT face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2>Soyuz spacecraft from the
cluster of Mir elements to perform a brief<SPAN class=029480620-30102002><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2>fly-around. They took
pictures while the STS-71 crew, with Mir-18's<SPAN
class=029480620-30102002><FONT face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2>three crew members aboard,
undocked Atlantis for the completion of<SPAN class=029480620-30102002><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2>this leg of the joint
activities. Solovyev and Budarin had been<SPAN class=029480620-30102002><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New">taxied to the Mir
Space Station by the STS-71 ascent trip of Atlantis.<FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002>" </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002>Cheers,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN
class=029480620-30102002>Rob</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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