Directory of Mir Space Station Resources

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Russia's Mir space station endured crashes, fires and over 100 cosmonauts and foreign astronauts throughout its 15-year 2-billion-mile orbital history. It crashed into the Pacific Ocean on March 23, 2001.

Subcategories

• Re-entry

Resources in This Category

• 2 Soviet Cosmonauts Lofted Toward New Space Station

  http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/031486sci-space-mir.html
  An original report from the first manned mission to Mir. Free registration required. [New York Times]

• A Mir Retrospective

  http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1120027
  Streaming audio from NPR's Talk of the Nation, with several guests commenting on station. [National Public Radio]

• Mir Diary

  http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/StationsMir/Mir.php
  Description of the Mir orbital complex together with a detailed diary of onboard events.

• Mir in 3D

  http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/multimedia/cult3d/html/mir.html
  An interactive, three-dimensional model of the Mir space station. Requires the Cult 3-D plug-in.

• Mir Space Station 1986-2001

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/sci_tech/2001/mir/
  BBC News presents an illustrated history of the station.

• Mir's Woes Raise Doubts about U.S.-Russian Cooperation

  http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9706/25/mir.us.russia/
  A report on the Mir station's problems in space and questions about the reliability of the Russians as partners in the International Space Station program. [CNN]

• NOVA: Terror in Space

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/
  A NOVA documentary about the mishap-filled visit of American astronaut Jerry Linenger to Mir. Includes information on a typical day aboard the station, mission mishaps, an interview with Linenger, and a timeline of space age disasters.

• Shuttle-Mir: An Experiment in Science and Politics

  http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9804/02/mir.retrospective/
  Discussion of the political and scientific goals of the Shuttle-Mir missions and how successful the program was in achieving these goals. Includes interviews with crew members that worked on the station. [CNN]

• Space Station Mir

  http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/mir-index.html
  Aggregate listing of many New York Times articles on Mir, 1997-2001. Free registration required.

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