The Story
1st International Space Station docking 05/27/1999 06/06/1999 94th Space Shuttle Mission 26th Flight of Discovery Crew: Kent V. Rominger, Commander Rick D. Husband, Pilot Ellen Ochoa, Mission Specialist Tamara E. Jernigan, Mission Specialist Daniel T. Barry, Mission Specialist Julie Payette, Mission Specialist, Canadian Space Agency Valery I. Tokarev, Mission Specialist, Russian Space Agency STS-96 marked the first Space Shuttle docking to the International Space Station (ISS), which was successfully accomplished on May 29, 1999 at 12:22 a.m. EDT.
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1st International Space Station docking 05/27/1999 06/06/1999 94th Space Shuttle Mission 26th Flight of Discovery Crew: Kent V. Rominger, Commander Rick D. Husband, Pilot Ellen Ochoa, Mission Specialist Tamara E. Jernigan, Mission Specialist Daniel T. Barry, Mission Specialist Julie Payette, Mission Specialist, Canadian Space Agency Valery I. Tokarev, Mission Specialist, Russian Space Agency STS-96 marked the first Space Shuttle docking to the International Space Station (ISS), which was successfully accomplished on May 29, 1999 at 12:22 a.m. EDT.
