NASA Photo ID: STS21727030          File Name: 21727030.jpg 


Description: 
  COLOR 23 MARCH 1996
  NM21-727-030 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON,
  TEXAS MIR-21 VIEW OF ATLANTIS --- This view of the
  Space Shuttle Atlantis was taken by the two
  Mir-21 cosmonaut crew members onboard Russia's
  Mir Space Station, during rendezvous and docking
  operations on March 23, 1996.  The Orbiter
  Docking System (ODS), the connective tunnel and
  the Spacehab module can be seen in Atlantis'
  cargo bay.  With the subsequent delivery of
  astronaut Shannon W. Lucid to the Mir, the Mir-21
  crew grew to three, as the mission specialist
  quickly become a cosmonaut guest researcher.  She
  will spend approximately 140 days on Mir before
  returning to Earth.
  
  
  

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