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OCR: US DOCKING SPACE DIPLOMACY ON JUNE 29, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis Mir-Shuttle dockings are paving the way for future carried five US astronauts and two Russian international space efforts. cosmonauts up to Mir, where a crew of one American and two Russians had been living for several months. This Shuttle was the first docking ever made by the Shuttle, and a special docking system was installed in Atlantis's payload bay. After 5 days, the Shuttle returned to Earth with six Americans and two I Mir Russians, leaving Mir with a fresh crew of two. Docking port MIR/ SHUTTLE in payload bay LINK UP FACT FILE