STS-91
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STS-91 was the 24th flight of Discovery, and the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station. It was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 Ju
Discovery lands at Kennedy, concluding the last mission in the Shuttle–Mir program
Left to right – Front: Gorie, Precourt; Back: Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin, ThomasSpace Shuttle program← STS-90 (90)STS-95 (92) →
Mir as seen from Discovery after undocking
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Shuttle–Mir program
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The Shuttle–Mir program was a collaborative space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying o
STS-91
…Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 June 1998. STS-91 marked the final Shuttle/Mir Docking Mission, as well as the only such docking for Discovery. This Phase 1 Program was a precursor to the International Space Station maintaining a continuous American presence in space and developing the procedures and hardware…
Space Shuttle Atlantis docked to Mir on STS-71
The seven American astronauts who carried out long-duration Increments on Mir
An overhead view of Atlantis as it sits atop the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) before STS-79