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Space shuttle Atlantis preparing to dock with Mir space station
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Space shuttle Atlantis preparing to dock with Mir space station

NASA / JSC · 1995-06-28 · photograph (digital archive)

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NM18-309-026 (28 June 1995) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis approaches the docking node on the Kristall module of Russia's Mir Space Station. The photograph was taken by one of the Mir-18 crew members aboard Mir prior to rendezvous and docking of the two spacecraft. The Spacelab Science Module and the tunnel connecting it to the crew cabin, as well as the added mechanism for interface with the Mir's docking system can be easily seen.

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Credit lineSpace shuttle Atlantis preparing to dock with Mir space station. NASA/JSC, 1995-06-28. Public domain. ID: NM18-309-026.
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