Atlantis, Meet Mir
On this day, June 27, in 1995, Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center on a special mission: it would be the first orbiter to dock with the Russian space station Mir. STS-71 delivered two cosmonauts to the station, and returned NASA astronaut, Norman Thagard, who had spent 115 days aboard, conducting science experiments with the Russians. The image above is a view of the Spacelab module sitting in Atlantis' cargo bay, with Mir above it.
Photo: NASA
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