Descrizione : Docking of Discovery to Mir, the first for that orbiter, occurred at 16:01 UTC, 4 June 1998 at an altitude of 208 miles.
At hatch opening, Andy Thomas officially became a member of Discovery`s crew, completing 130 days of living and working on Mir. The transfer wrapped up a total of 907 days spent by seven U.S. astronauts aboard the Russian space station as long-duration crew members. During the next four days, the Mir 25 and STS-91 crews transferred more than 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of water, and almost 2,130 kilograms (4,700 lb) of cargo experiments and supplies were exchanged between the two spacecraft.

Houston post stamp, silk cachet of junction with Mir spatial station.

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STS 91 (DISCOVERY) · MIR EXPEDITION 25 · LAST SHUTTLE / MIR DOCKING