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Mission STS-96

On May 27, 1999 at 6:48 EDT, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched from the Kennedy Space Center carrying an international crew of seven astronauts. On their third day of flight, the crew of STS-96 made history when the space shuttle successfully completed rendezvous and docked for the first time with the new Space Station. Discovery and the crew led by Commander Kent Rominger spent five days linked to the Station. CSA astronaut Julie Payette became the first Canadian to go on board the International
Space Station.