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lördag 4 juli 2015

First Shuttle Docking with the Mir Space Station.


Charlie Precourt, veteran NASA astronaut describes his initial trepidation about working with then Soviet, now Russian, cosmonauts on the Shuttle-Mir program. As a former Air Force pilot flying F-15's over then West Germany and encountering Russian MiG fighter planes on the East Germany border, he realized he might be working with people he once faced off with during the Cold War. His experience ended up being a highlight of his career.

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