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Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock to the Russian space station Mir.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle orbiter (1985–2011)
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Atlantis was manufactured by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and was delivered to the Kennedy…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
STS-79
1996 American crewed spaceflight to Mir
STS-79 was the 17th flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis, and the 79th mission of the Space Shuttle program. The flight saw Atlantis dock with the Russian space station Mir to deliver equipment, supplies and to exchange personnel participating in long-duration stays aboard the…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)
September 16
Day of the year
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