... A Soyuz at Mir . ... In Russian soyuz means "union" and indeed one of the milestones achieved by a Soyuz spacecraft was an orbital union with a US Apollo command module during the first international space mission (Apollo-Soyuz) in 1975. ... Tonight brings the last total lunar eclipse visible from North America until the year 2000 - with the Moon becoming completely immersed in Earth's shadow. ... Bright Stars and Dark Clouds . ... Beneath Venus' Clouds . ... Venus: Earth's Cloudy Twin . ...