Countdown Begins for U.S. Docking Mission With Mir
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<i> Associated Press</i>
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The countdown began Tuesday for the launch of Atlantis on NASA’s first docking mission with the Russian space station Mir.
The space shuttle is set to blast off at 5:08 p.m. EST Friday with seven Americans and Russians aboard. It will return with eight people after exchanging crews with Mir.
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