The Space Shuttle Atlantis rollos out to Launch Pad 39A on April 26, 1995, aboard the crawler-transporter in preparation for the STS-71 mission now scheduled for the latter part of June. Atlantis will dock with the Russian Mir Space Station for four days during the 11-day mission with the Orbiter Docking System in Atlantis' payload bay. Also on board is the Spacelab-Mir module which will be used as a flying laboratory for joint U.S.-Russian medical investigations.
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis rollos out to Launch Pad 39A on April 26, 1995, aboard the crawler-transporter in preparation for the STS-71 mission now scheduled for the latter part of June. Atlantis will dock with the Russian Mir Space Station for four days during the 11-day mission with the Orbiter Docking System in Atlantis' payload bay. Also on board is the Spacelab-Mir module which will be used as a flying laboratory for joint U.S.-Russian medical investigations.