Shuttle Atlantis Docks with Mir: Space Cooperation
NASA astronauts conducted critical experiments aboard the Mir space station during nine Shuttle/Mir docking missions, directly preparing researchers for future work on the International Space Station. These joint efforts between American and Russian teams established the operational protocols that made the ISS possible just a few years later.
September 25, 1997
29 years ago
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