Astronaut C. Michael Foale prepares to return to JSC

[KSC-97PC-1510]

  • Photo Number: KSC-97PC-1510

  • Release Date: 07-Oct-1997

  • Keywords: SHUTTLE,sts-86
    • Description: At the Skid Strip on Cape Canaveral Air Station, astronaut C. Michael Foale and his children (5-year-old Jenna, left, and 3- year-old Ian, in Foale's arms) prepare to return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. The Oct. 6 landing of the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis following the successful STS-86 mission returned Foale to Earth after an approximate four-and-a-half- month stay aboard the Russian Space Station Mir. Foale, a member of the Mir 24 crew, was dropped off on the Russian space station during the STS-84 mission in mid-May. He joined the STS-86 crew aboard Atlantis for the return trip to Earth. STS-86 was the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Mir. STS-86 Mission Specialist David A. Wolf replaced Foale on the Russian station.

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