NASA’s Top 30 Achievements In The History

11. STS-50 Launch (1992)

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The Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-50, lifts off, on June 25, 1992, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

12. STS-50 Landing (1992)

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The spacecraft is featured here landing on July 9, 1992. After its launch on June 25, 1992, the shuttle carried the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1, which conducted a total of 31 experiments during its 13 days voyage.

13. STS-57 Launch (1993)

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This is the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s STS-57 mission launched on June 21, 1993, from the Kennedy Space Center.

14. Atlantis departing Mir (1995)

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A photo taken by those aboard the Soyuz TM transport vehicle capturing the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it departs from the Mir Russian Space Station on July 4, 1995.

15. STS-71 Landing (1995)

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STS-71 was the first mission shuttle to dock with Mir, the Russian space station. Space Shuttle Atlantis’ STS-71 mission returned from its journey and landed back in the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 7, 1995.