The Boston Globe, August 30th, 1999
For a space station plagued with problems, Russia's Mir has run up a respectable record that ended Saturday with the return of its last regular crew to earth. Mir's fate, to be settled next year when it is incinerated while plunging into the atmosphere above the Pacific Ocean, will be merely the mechanical aftermath of a major human achievement. Mir, launched more than 13 years ago, was expected to serve for five years. Its impressive longevity had its counterparts in the prolonged space duty of some of its crew members, including one who all told spent more than a year on Mir. Mir survived th...
HighBeam Research, Free Preview: 'Goodnight, Mir'... Full Membership required for unlimited access. Free 7-day trial.
Subscribers: HighBeam content is only available to HighBeam subscribers. Click the link above for more information.
