I got a new pair of gloves today, but they're both 'lefts'
Which, on the one hand is great, but on the other it's just not right
Author: lStrakle
Mir and Atlantis dockIn 1996, the U.S. space shutttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir, for the first time dropping off a U.S. astronaut for an extended stay on the Mir. The astronaut, Shannon Lucid, was the first American woman to live aboard the Russian station (118 days). Lucid, a biochemist, was also the first woman to fly in space five times. The two craft joined up 245 miles (400-km) above Russia. This was the third in a series of dockings intended as preparation for a planned internationally operated space station. The flight was the 76th in the U.S. shuttle program and the 16th for the Atlantis orbiter, which had performed the two prior Mir dockings. Lucid made the return flight on Atlantis 16 Sep 1996.« |
