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ATLANTIS DOCKED WITH MIR ON THIS DAY

U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station – Bowie News


On June 29, 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docked
with the Russian space
station Mir
to form the largest man-
made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.

This historic moment of cooperation between former rival space programs was also the 100th human space mission in American
history.

29 June 1995: Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space ...

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