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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Mir Dreams
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This dream [ http://www.pbs.org/…]-like image of Mir [ http://www.pbs.org/…] was recorded by astronauts as the Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://kids.msfc.na…] approached the Russian space station prior to docking during the STS-76 mission. Sporting spindly appendages and solar panels, Mir resembles a whimsical flying insect hovering about 350 kilometers above New Zealand's [ http://www.rasnz.or…] South Island and the city of Nelson near Cook Strait [ http://www.south-po…]. In late March 1996, Atlantis shuttled astronaut Shannon W. Lucid [ http://www.jsc.nasa…] to Mir for a five month visit, increasing Mir's occupancy from 2 to 3. It returned to pick Lucid up and drop off astronaut John Blaha [ http://www.jsc.nasa…] during the STS-79 mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] in August of that year. Since becoming operational in 1986, Mir has [ http://www.cosmicim…] been visited by over 100 spacefarers from the nations of planet Earth including, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Austria, Kazakhstan and Slovakia. After joint Shuttle-Mir [ http://spaceflight.…] training missions in support of the International Space Station [ http://spaceflight.…], continuous occupation of Mir ended in August 1999. The Mir was deorbited [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in March 2001.
Explanation
This dream [ http://www.pbs.org/…]-like image of Mir [ http://www.pbs.org/…] was recorded by astronauts as the Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://kids.msfc.na…] approached the Russian space station prior to docking during the STS-76 mission. Sporting spindly appendages and solar panels, Mir resembles a whimsical flying insect hovering about 350 kilometers above New Zealand's [ http://www.rasnz.or…] South Island and the city of Nelson near Cook Strait [ http://www.south-po…]. In late March 1996, Atlantis shuttled astronaut Shannon W. Lucid [ http://www.jsc.nasa…] to Mir for a five month visit, increasing Mir's occupancy from 2 to 3. It returned to pick Lucid up and drop off astronaut John Blaha [ http://www.jsc.nasa…] during the STS-79 mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] in August of that year. Since becoming operational in 1986, Mir has [ http://www.cosmicim…] been visited by over 100 spacefarers from the nations of planet Earth including, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Austria, Kazakhstan and Slovakia. After joint Shuttle-Mir [ http://spaceflight.…] training missions in support of the International Space Station [ http://spaceflight.…], continuous occupation of Mir ended in August 1999. The Mir was deorbited [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in March 2001. Explanation
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space shuttle
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space shuttle
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new zealand
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new zealand
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space station
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space station
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mir
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John Blaha
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John Blaha
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1986
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1986
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March 1996
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March 1996
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August 1999
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August 1999
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March 2001
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March 2001
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France
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France
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New Zealand
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New Zealand
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Austria
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Austria
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Germany
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Germany
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Japan
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Japan
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Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan
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Russia
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Russia
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Slovakia
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Slovakia
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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United States of America
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United States of America
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Earth
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Earth
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Russian Mir Space Station
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Russian Mir Space Station
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2001
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2001
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1999
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1999
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1996
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1996
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1986
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1986
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SPD-APOD-ap021228
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SPD-APOD-ap021228
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