Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 17, 1995

The Space Shuttle Docks with Mir

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 17, 1995 is “The Space Shuttle Docks with Mir,” an image. It is credited to Credit: NASA, Russian Space Research Institute. The original explanation runs about 84 words.

From the explanation

“Hundreds of kilometers above the Earth ‘s surface, the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Space Station Mir . The photograph was taken by Nikolai Budarin from a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on July 4, 1995.”

— APOD editors, December 17, 1995

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At a glance

Date: December 17, 1995
Type: Image
Credit: Credit: NASA, Russian Space Research Institute
Copyright: No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length: About 84 words

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Source

Astronomy Picture of the Day, December 17, 1995 — science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-1995-december-17-the-space-shuttle-docks-with-mir

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