A good piece about the docking of the Space Shuttle Atlantis & the Space Station Mir. Last year something amazing took place, but it wasn't in a laboratory. It wasn't under the ocean, and it wasn't on the land. It was in space. The docking of the United States's Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Russian Space Station Mir was an important step towards international cooperation in space.         This is not the first time the U.…showed first 75 words of 428 total…

…showed last 75 words of 428 total…planned International Space Station Freedom, and the Russians need help financing their space program. Both countries need the help of other countries and space agencies, like Canada, Japan, and the European Space Agency. With everyone working together, the future is more easily reached. As once said by United States President William J. Clinton, "We need to build a bridge to the future." This mission is one of the supports that will hold up that bridge.