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Candid views of the STS-81 and Mir 22 crews enjoying a barbecue dinner on the Atlantis's middeck. Views include: mission specialist Jerry Linenger digs into his meal with a spoon while surrounded by his fellow astronauts and cosmonauts (010). STS-81 mission commander Michael Baker unpacks a drawer of food while Linenger watches (011). STS-81 crewmembers pass food packets as they float around the middeck (012-3). View of barbecue sauce on a tortilla (014). Baker, his back to the middeck lockers, laughs as he prepares to eat a piece of smoked turkey on a tortilla. Mission specialist John Blaha sits beside him (015). Mission specialist Marsha Ivins compares food packets with Baker (016). View of both crews on the middeck with food trays (017-8). Mission specialists Jeff Wisoff and John Grunsfeld take a bite of chocolate birthday cake, in honor of Linenger's birthday (019, 021). The STS-81 crew shares birthday cake with Mir 22 crew (020).