In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, shortly before dawn on Aug. 18, 1997, a red-rimmed moon helps to light the way for the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39A in ...

STS-86 was the seventh Shuttle-Mir docking mission. The international crew included astronauts from the United States, Russia, and France. The flags of these countries are incorporated in the rays of ...

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