STS-76 Mission Control Center
Status Report # 6

Monday, March 25, 1996, 7 a.m. CST

Transfer and resupply activities on board the joined Atlantis/Mir
spacecraft continue on or ahead of schedule as the eight astronauts and
cosmonauts work smoothly through their timeline.

Throughout the night and early morning hours, the crews moved between the
two vehicles transferring water, logistical supplies and hardware. Mission
Specialist Linda Godwin also continued her work with the European Space
Agency Biorack which contains 11 separate scientific investigations.

Just before 2:30 a.m. central time today, Pilot Rick Searfoss narrated a
videotaped tour of the Mir complex which will be home to Shannon Lucid and
her Mir 21 crew mates -- Commander Yuri Onufrienko and Yuri Usachev -- for
the next few months. Godwin and Mission Specialist Ron Sega then provided a
video update of their work with the Biorack investigations and showed some
of the transfer items currently stowed in the SpaceHab module.

Shortly after 8 a.m., Atlantis Commander Kevin Chilton, Onufrienko and
Lucid will talk with NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin in Washington, D.C.
Goldin is expected to congratulate the crew on the successful docking of
the two spacecraft.

The Atlantis crew will begin an eight-hour sleep period at 10:43 a.m.
today, waking up at 6:43 p.m.

The Shuttle and its now five-person crew is expected to return to Earth
March 31 with a 6:03 a.m. CST landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

The 230-ton Atlantis-Mir complex is orbiting the Earth every 90 minutes at
an altitude of about 240 statute miles with systems on both spacecraft
operating normally.

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                           Updated: 7 March 1996