Ten years ago today (22 March 1996), Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on mission STS-76 to Russia’s Mir space station. This would be the third docking with the orbital outpost; the crew included Shannon Lucid, who would stay aboard Mir for 188 days, setting a record for a US astronaut.
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NASA Shuttle/ISS News- STS-126 MCC Status Report #14
- NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering
- NASA to Broadcast Shuttle Mission Highlights in High Definition
- STS-126 MCC Status Report #15
- STS-126 MCC Status Report #13
- STS-126 MCC Status Report #12
- Goldman Named Director at Stennis Space Center
- Racers Get Ready! NASA's Great Moonbuggy Registration Begins
- ESA Top News
- New ISS crews: First European to become ISS Commander and next European long-term flight
- Interview with ESA Director General
- Mars Express observes aurorae on the Red Planet
- Earth from Space: The Netherlands
- Ministerial Council 2008
- Small GEO Programme moves forward with contract-signing
- Ministers meet to define the role of space in delivering Europe's global objectives
- ESA supports efforts to protect public health and safety
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights reaches space as the ISS gets ready for crew of six
- OK Space: opening new horizons