Atlantis docks with Mir after flawless approach
NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia's Mir space station yesterday, inaugurating an era of on-orbit cooperation between former superpower rivals that will end in joint construction and operation of the International Space Station. Atlantis commander Robert "Hoot" Gibson eased his 100-ton...
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