June 29, 1995
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
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On June 29, in the year 1995:
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
Mir was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, first by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation.
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Why June 29, 1995 matters:
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
What began on this day left a lasting mark on history. The effects were felt immediately and continued to shape events, ideas, and lives long afterwards.
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Historical context: June 29, 1995
The 20th century brought change at a pace unprecedented in history: two world wars, the rise and fall of fascism and communism, decolonisation, the Cold War, the space race, and revolutions in science, technology, and human rights all compressed into one hundred years.
The event on this day: Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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