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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection
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The Space Shuttle Docked with Mir Title The Space Shuttle Docked with Mir Title
Explanation:
Before there was the International Space Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the reigning orbiting spaceport was Russia's Mir. Pictured above [ http://grin.hq.nasa…] in 1995, the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://science.ksc.…] docked with the segmented Mir [ http://www.cosmicim…]. During shuttle mission STS-71 [ http://www-pao.ksc.…], astronauts answered questions from school students over amateur radio [ http://www.arrl.org…] and performed science experiments [ http://www.sciserv.…] aboard Spacelab [ http://lsda.jsc.nas…]. The Spacelab experiments helped to increase understanding of the effects of long-duration space flights [ http://astrobiology…] on the human body [ http://www.bbc.co.u…]. Last year, after 15 years of successful service, the decaying Mir space station [ http://www.russians…] broke up as it entered [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the Earth's atmosphere [ http://csep10.phys.…]. Explanation Before there was the International Space Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the reigning orbiting spaceport was Russia's Mir. Pictured above [ http://grin.hq.nasa…] in 1995, the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://science.ksc.…] docked with the segmented Mir [ http://www.cosmicim…]. During shuttle mission STS-71 [ http://www-pao.ksc.…], astronauts answered questions from school students over amateur radio [ http://www.arrl.org…] and performed science experiments [ http://www.sciserv.…] aboard Spacelab [ http://lsda.jsc.nas…]. The Spacelab experiments helped to increase understanding of the effects of long-duration space flights [ http://astrobiology…] on the human body [ http://www.bbc.co.u…]. Last year, after 15 years of successful service, the decaying Mir space station [ http://www.russians…] broke up as it entered [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the Earth's atmosphere [ http://csep10.phys.…]. Explanation
Credit and Copyright:
Nikolai Budarin [ http://www.jsc.nasa…], Russian Space Research Institute [ http://arc.iki.rssi…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit_and_Copyright Nikolai Budarin [ http://www.jsc.nasa…], Russian Space Research Institute [ http://arc.iki.rssi…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit and Copyright
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