In our feature about the Mir cosmonauts' reentry preparations, we learn that Russia plans to complete a crew changeout the week our issue dated Mar. 23, 1992, was published. A pair of Russian ...

On Sept. 19, 1996, the Space Shuttle Atlantis rendezvoused with Russia's Mir space station to deliver supplies and equipment. The mission also picked up NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, who had spent a ...

On June 6, 1995, American astronaut Norman Thagard broke NASA's space endurance record at the time of 84 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes while aboard the Russian space station Mir. Thagard, a veteran of ...

KOROLYOV, Russia (AP) — Russia s deteriorating Mir space station received what was probably its final visitor on Saturday: A cargo ship laden with fuel to propel the 15-year-old orbiting lab on a ...

I’ve heard that the Mir space station was being consumed by a mysterious steel- and plastic-eating space fungus and that this was why whole sections of it were closed off. Is there any truth to this?

Russia said it lost contact with its doomed Mir space station for almost a day, raising fears that the 130-ton contraption will become uncontrollable when space engineers ditch it next year. Mission ...

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Reach for the stars with MIR’s fall Russian space tour. Guests will be able to tour Russia’s premier cosmonaut training facility, Star City, participate in optional cosmonaut training and meet top ...

She worked on preparations for the second, third, and fourth shuttle missions, and was a Cape Crusader at the Kennedy Space ...

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