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Space exploration by the Soviet Union (now Russia), ranging from the Sputnik and Luna probes designed by Sergei Korolyov; through the Vostok, Voskhod, Soyuz, Salyut and Mir programmes to Russia's participation in the International Space Station ...

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WITH US VIA SATELLITE... SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 NEWSHOUR TRANSCRIPT As of Sunday, American astronaut David Wolf has called the Russian space station Mir home. But with the recent host of technical problems that have plagued the station, do Wolf and fellow American astronaut Michael Foale consider it a happy home After a brief background report, Elizabeth Farnsworth pays a visit via satellite. A ...

Space Station New !!! Official Web No longer available GOOD-Bye MIR MIR Space Station Reentered March 23, 2001 - 06:45 UTC Latest News Mirnews - MIRFINAL by Chris v.d. Berg - March 26, 2001 MIR COMPLEX (Clickable map) Mir International amateur Radio EXperiment Mir Core Module Amateur Radio Station and Frequencies Kvant SAFEX-II Space Amateur Funk EXperiment Kvant-2 MIR Personal Message System ...

Russia's Mir space station has endured crashes, fires and 27 human crews, yet it still keeps ticking.

E-Prints THE SOVIET MANNED LUNAR PROGRAM EDITED & COMPILED BY MARCUS LINDROOS ABSTRACT (Note: This document may be freely copied and distributed, as long as the name of the editor as well as the list of contributing authors in the REFERENCES section is included) Twenty years after the first American moon landing, on August 18, 1989 the USSR officially acknowledged the existence of their manned ...

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Mir + 10 Russian space station lasts longer than expected, but problems persist February 20, 1996 Web posted at: 12:40 p.m. EST MOSCOW (CNN) -- Ten years in orbit (1.3MB QuickTime movie) -- an anniversary few people expected. The question now is: How much longer can Mir last The world's only functioning space station was launched by the then-Soviet Union on this day in 1986. Mir has been ...

Mir's woes raise doubts about U.S.-Russian cooperation June 25, 1997 Web posted at: 7:07 p.m. EDT (2307 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- With crisis after crisis on the Russian space station Mir -- fires, failed equipment, a collision -- is it time to pull the plug on an ambitious program of U.S.-Russian space cooperation NASA administrators, as is their custom, are touting the bright side and saying ...

MOSCOW, WE HAVE A PROBLEM June 25, 1997 TRANSCRIPT While practicing manual docking procedures, astronauts on the Russian Space Station Mir lost control of a Progress resupply ship early Wednesday. The ship then crashed into the space station, causing the cabins to depressurize and damage to the station's solar panels. Is the life of U.S. astronaut Michael Foale and the other occupants of Mir in ...

Space Station Mir NASA RECENT COVERAGE My Fiji Souvenirs: Shells, Driftwood, Space Debris . . . (April 24, 2001 ) Silicon Valley's hardware engineers and software hackers are famed for their quirky obsessions, but few have gone to the lengths of John Wharton. Russians Find Pride, and Regret, in Mir's Splashdown (March 24, 2001 ) For all the anxieties it caused during its 86, 330 laps around the ...

MIRED IN MISHAPS JULY 17, 1997 TRANSCRIPT The Russian space station, MIR, has had a series of problems in past weeks. Most recently, an important cable was accidentally disconnected, leaving the craft in free drift and complete darkness overnight. Jim Lehrer talks to former astronauts about the troubled past and uncertain future of the manned space station. A RealAudio version of this NewsHour ...

COMING APART AUGUST 15, 1997 TRANSCRIPT While two Russian cosmonauts travelled back to Earth, the United States is trying to decide if it should stay on course with the Russian space station Mir. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Now, a look at whether the U.S. should stay the course with the Russian space station Mir. We begin with a background report by Kwame Holman. KWAME HOLMAN: Two Russian cosmonauts ...

With the deorbiting of the Mir Space Station, the future of Russia's space program has been the subject of great debate: Has Russia become a second-tier space power behind the United States What role will Russia play in the International Space Station Could or should Russia build Mir 2

COMMUNITY Message Boards Chat Feedback SITE SOURCES Contents Help! Search CNN Networks SPECIALS Quick News Almanac Video Vault News Quiz Shuttle-Mir: an experiment in science and politics NASA considers its project to put U.S. astronauts on Russia's Mir space station a scientific and political success, but the mission has generated clouds of controversy that now overshadow the planned ...

Working in an old tin can 300 kilometers above the Earth is serious business, but Mir's occupants have shared a few lighthearted moments during the ship's 15-year life.

March 14, 1986 2 Soviet Cosmonauts Lofted Toward New Space Station By SERGE SCHMEMANN, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES OSCOW -- The Soviet Union launched two astronauts today toward a rendezvous with the new space station Mir, and in a rare move the takeoff was shown live on national television. At exactly 3:33 P.M. (7:33 A.M., New York time), flames belched from the huge boosters and the rocket ...

This album contains pictures, drawings and photos of all modules of the space complex, detailed description of all systems, photos of all Mir crews and a lot of other interesting information.

Tell me when this page is updated Gagarin | Titov | Nikolayev | Popovich | Bykovsky | Tereshkova | Komarov | Feoktistov | Yegorov | Belyayev | Leonov | Beregovoi First 12 Cosmonauts Bios, Photos & Signatures The Russian Space Program has achieved a number of firsts in Space Exploration including: The first satellite- Sputnik 1, 4 October 1957 The first man in space- Yuri Gagarin, 12 April 1961 ...

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