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Today in History: Mir EO-19 Returns After 75-Day Shuttle Mission

By Drooid · Sep 11, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC · How we work

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On September 11 1995, the Mir EO-19 crew—cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin—successfully ended a 75-day stay aboard Russia’s Mir station, having launched on June 27 aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-71), marking the first time a Mir expedition began on an American shuttle.

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On September 11 1995, the Mir EO-19 crew—cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin—successfully ended a 75-day stay aboard Russia’s Mir station, having launched on June 27 aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-71), marking the first time a Mir expedition began on an American shuttle.