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Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle orbiter (1992–2011)
Space Shuttle Endeavour is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational Shuttle built. It embarked on its first mission, STS-49, in May 1992 and its 25th and final mission, STS-134, in May 2011. STS-134 was expected to be the final…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
STS-89
1998 American crewed spaceflight to Mir
STS-89 was a Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 22 January 1998.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mir
Soviet/Russian space station (1986–2001)
Mir was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, first by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater mass than any previous spacecraft. At the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 22
Day of the year
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