Astronaut William F. Readdy (foreground), STS-79 commander, bids farewell to Russian Cosmonauts Aleksandr Y. Kaleri (left in background), Mir-22 flight engineer, and Valery G. Korzun, Mir-22 commander, just prior to hatch closing, during Flight Day 8. The Americans and Russians will undock the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Russia's Mir Space Station later today.
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Astronaut William F. Readdy (foreground), STS-79 commander, bids farewell to Russian Cosmonauts Aleksandr Y. Kaleri (left in background), Mir-22 flight engineer, and Valery G. Korzun, Mir-22 commander, just prior to hatch closing, during Flight Day 8. The Americans and Russians will undock the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Russia's Mir Space Station later today.