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1985 The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J)
1990 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' launches with flight STS-38.
1995 Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (''Atlantis'' docks with the Russian space station ''Mir'' for the first time.)
1995 The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.