On Oct. 6, 1992, the United States and Russia signed an agreement to share astronauts and cosmonauts. Known as the Agreement ...

On Sept. 19, 1996, the Space Shuttle Atlantis rendezvoused with Russia's Mir space station to deliver supplies and equipment. The mission also picked up NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, who had spent a ...

KOROLYOV, Russia (AP) — Russia s deteriorating Mir space station received what was probably its final visitor on Saturday: A cargo ship laden with fuel to propel the 15-year-old orbiting lab on a ...

A new book and documentary from James Bluemel tells the story of the space race so far in photographs, a mix of images from ...

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RUSSIA'S ATTEMPT TO LIGHT the Earth from outer space last week was dim. A space mirror made from metal spokes and reflective fabric was supposed to twirl open from a spacecraft floating near the Mir ...

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On Oct. 6, 1992, the United States and Russia signed an agreement to share astronauts and cosmonauts. Known as the Agreement on Human Spaceflight Cooperation, this plan laid out the details for the ...