STS-89 and Mir 24 crews at the hatch opening

S89-E-5354 (28 Jan 1998) --- This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) image shows the Mir-24 crew having fun with the STS-89 crew just prior to the closing of the Docking Module (DM) hatch. The closing of the hatch will bring an end to the eighth Shuttle /Mir joint docking activities. The Mir-24 crew members are from the left - astronaut Andrew S. W. Thomas, cosmonaut guest researcher (looking through camera); cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, flight engineer (wearing communications headset); and cosmonaut Anatoliy Y. Solovyev, commander (with the stand off cross or docking target in his hand). Thomas, replacing astronaut David A. Wolf as cosmonaut guest researcher, will be the last American astronaut to serve a tour aboard Russia's Mir Space Station. This ESC view was taken on January 28, 1998, at 22:28:29 GMT.