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In the Base Block Module of Russia's Mir Space Station, the STS-76 crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis joins the Mir-21 crew for a traditional inflight portrait. Shannon W. Lucid (front right) joins the Mir-21 crew to begin the first leg of her five-month stay aboard Mir. At center is cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, Mir-21 mission commander. The flight engineer is cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev (left front). From the left on the back row are astronauts Ronald M. Sega, Linda M. Godwin, Kevin P. Chilton and Michael R. (Rich) Clifford. Not pictured is astronaut Richard A. Searfoss. The image was recorded with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC) and later downlinked to flight controllers in Houston, Texas.