(31 Dec 1997) T/I 10:03:31
Cosmonauts aboard the troubled Russian space station MIR on
Wednesday (31/12) celebrated the New Year's holiday, helped by
decorations including an inflatable champagne bottle and an
artificial Christmas tree.
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KOROLYOV, RUSSIA. 31/12
Exterior Mission Control building;
CU Mission Control sign;
PAN interior to map;
Interior mission control;
MS Yury Semyonov, the chief designer of the Mir station, on phone;
SPACE. 31/12
MS cosmonauts listening to Semyonov SOT in Russian: "You
have had a difficult lot, as for all of us 1997 has been a black
mark. And you have had to turn these black marks into white
ones. And you are coping successfully with that job. We
sincerely thank you for what you are doing there.";
KOROLYOV, RUSSIA.
MS mission control chief Vladimir Solovyov talking on phone;
SPACE.
SOT Vinogradov in Russian: "Probably via you I would like to
send all my best wishes to the whole collective of Energiya (the
Russian space corporation), the cosmonaut training centre and to
everyone who works at the Baikonur space centre. A big thank you
for all the work they put into our mission. A big thank you and
best wishes to everyone in the New Year and more success. Let's
hope that the New Year will really be easier.";
CU toy rabbit floating on board Mir, pan to Vinogradov;
SOT US cosmonaut David Wolf, in English: "Hello from the
crew of Mir, we'd like to wish you a happy New Year from space.
It's been a great year, it's been a tough one. We've met a lot
of challenges and we look forward to the next one and meeting it
with the same hard work as the last. Happy New Year!"
KOROLYOV, RUSSIA.
CU map;
WS int Mission Control.
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