International Space Station :: Space

2 Soviet Cosmonauts Lofted Toward New Space Station - An original report from the first manned mission to Mir. Free registration required. [New York Times]
A Mir Retrospective - Streaming audio from NPR's Talk of the Nation, with several guests commenting on station. [National Public Radio]
Meta Description: [ Guests: James Oberg Space Analyst Author, Red Star in Orbit (Random House, 1981), Houston, Texas Bryan Burrough Special Correspondent, Vanity Fair Author, Dragonfly : NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir (Harperperrenial Library, 2000), New York, New York Norman Thagard Former NASA Astronaut Cosmon... ]
Coming Apart? - A report on the future of Mir and the continuing American participation in the space station after a series of dangerous mishaps and critical system failures in 1997 threatened the lives of Russian and American crew. [PBS]
Ground Control - Transcript of an interview about the mission of the Atlantis space shuttle to the Mir station in 1997, and about the increasing problems with maintaining the aging space station. [PBS]
Mir + 10 - A report on the tenth anniversary of the Mir space station and a discussion of its future in the face of the limited funding and resources of the Russian space program. [CNN]
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Mir Diary - Description of the Mir orbital complex together with a detailed diary of onboard events.
Meta Description: [ 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 ]
Mir in 3D - An interactive, three-dimensional model of the Mir space station. Requires the Cult 3-D plug-in.
Mir Space Station - A report on the Mir space station, describing the assembly of its modules in orbit. Includes video clips of the station.
Mir Space Station 1986-2001 - BBC News presents an illustrated history of the station.
Mir's Woes Raise Doubts about U.S.-Russian Cooperation - 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]
Mir: A Look Back - Mission history, facts, overview, and wrapup. [Discovery Chanel Canada]
Mir: A Rich Chronology - Descriptions of key events in Mir's history. [Space.com]
Meta Description: [ Russia's Mir space station has endured crashes, fires and 27 human crews, yet it still keeps ticking. ]
MIRed in Mishaps - An interview with NASA and Russian Space Agency officials about a series of critical accidents and system failures aboard the Mir space station in mid-1997. [PBS]
Mishaps on Mir - An annotated chronology of the numerous technical problems and human errors that plagued the Mir space station in 1997 and 1998.
Mission Mir - A handful of CNN articles and multimedia about the Mir spacestation, from 1997-1998.
Moscow, We Have a Problem - An interview with NASA officials about a serious accident aboard the Mir station caused when the Mir cosmonauts lost control of a resupply ship, crashing it into the space station. The collision caused a depressurization and damaged the station's solar panels. [PBS]
NOVA: Terror in Space - 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.
Meta Description: [ NOVA Online presents Terror in Space ]
Orbital Complex Mir 1986-2001 - Excerpts from a book containing pictures, drawings, and photos of the space station's modules.
Meta Description: [ 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. ]
Pranks Show Lighter Side of Mir - A look at the fun times had aboard Mir. [Moscow Times]
Meta Description: [ 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. ]
Russia Loses Contact with Mir - Russia's mission control has lost contact with the unmanned space station Mir, a mission control spokeswoman said on Tuesday. [CNN]
Meta Description: [ Russia's mission control has lost contact with the unmanned space station Mir, a mission control spokeswoman said on Tuesday. ]
Russia Unveils Mir 2 But Spacecraft Construction Not on the Agenda - An early report on plans for Mir's successor.
Meta Description: [ Leading experts are meeting this week to take a longing look at the idea of a space elevator. The idea is a stretch, no doubt, with plenty of work to do before travelers have push-button, top floor access to space. ]
Shuttle-Mir: An Experiment in Science and Politics - 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 - Aggregate listing of many New York Times articles on Mir, 1997-2001. Free registration required.
SpaceOnLine: MIR - Archive of news and information about the space station.
With Us Via Satellite - An interview with American astronaut David Wolf, who served on the Mir space station in 1997, and his Russian counterparts. [PBS]
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