Space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian space station

Tuesday, June 29 The 180th day of the year 185 days left Today in history On June 29, 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docks 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...

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