Based on initial STS-78 elements, the Shuttle will come within about 112 km of MIR about 15:10 UTC on 23 Jun. They will be in sunlight, but over the Atlantic off Morocco at about 31.5 N and 19.0 W. Not quite close enough to pass a cold Pepsi. Time UTC Sep Plane Distance DOW MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS Angle Angle km Sun 06/23/96 15:09:24 3.41 67.496 415.3 Sun 06/23/96 15:09:36 2.54 67.497 317.6 Sun 06/23/96 15:09:48 1.66 67.497 224.2 Sun 06/23/96 15:10:00 0.78 67.497 144.3 Sun 06/23/96 15:10:06 0.34 67.497 118.5 Sun 06/23/96 15:10:12 0.10 67.497 111.9 Sun 06/23/96 15:10:18 0.54 67.498 127.7 Sun 06/23/96 15:10:30 1.41 67.498 199.3 Sun 06/23/96 15:10:42 2.29 67.498 290.3 Sun 06/23/96 15:10:54 3.17 67.498 387.2 Sun 06/23/96 15:11:00 3.61 67.498 436.6 Other close approaches (note: Pacific Daylight Time): Time PDT Sep Plane Distance DOW MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS Angle Angle km Thu 06/20/96 21:40:00 5.27 65.356 626.4 34N 148E Tue 06/25/96 18:40:00 4.37 69.576 524.0 28N 172E Sun 06/30/96 13:20:00 7.87 73.442 928.6 30S 32E Sun 06/30/96 14:50:00 5.03 73.495 599.6 30S 9E Wed 07/03/96 01:20:00 1.94 75.359 252.6 26S 158W