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They
don't want to be reconciled with the sinking Mir
Group
of Russian astronauts, scientists and politicians convened on Tuesday
in protest against the then liquidation in mid-March Mir orbital
station - boasting former Soviet space center.
Is Mir going to fall on our houses?
The operation brought the Russian orbital space
station "Mir" will
be insured. At this time, the last being agreed with insurance companies,
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Memories
of Mir, dreams of Mars
Most of us remember the Russian space station Mir. Perhaps more because of its
huge k³opotom than successes. However, it is the greatest achievements in the
history of flight, despite problems in recent years, such as computer failure,
fire or devastating collision with another object in orbit. Today, less than
three years after her suicide flooding in Pacific waters (23 March 2001), one
of the most famous residents of Mira believes in the past 15 years of research,
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MIR is orbital station, Russia's
the third generation. The first stations were built in the 70-years.
In contrast to MIR could not be developed or supplied with fuel.
At the end of the 70-year and 80-at the beginning of the Soviet Union
began construction of the type Salut, construction of which is derived
MIR.
From March 1995 to May 1998, guests at the station MIR U.S. astronauts.
NASA treating these flights as the first phase of the joint construction
of the International Space Station ISS.
Mir
appears to be the first, continuously inhabited, orbital station.
Mir is in orbit since 1986, the first module has been raised in a
space of 20 February 1986 (the Soviet Union still existed), which
means that on that day in 2001 celebrated its 15 anniversary of the
birth.
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Originally
planned that the station will be worked only 5 years. For 13 years
at the station, people were without interruptions. It was only years
in August 1999 violated this principle. At the end of its mission
MIR was inhabited from interruptions due to equipment failures and
lack of money for his operation.
Station
was built in stages. First main module into orbit. Then, accompanied
by 5 other scientific and technical modules
- Kwant 1 (astrophysical research), Kwant 2 (biological experiments),
Kristall (research materials), Priroda (studies of Earth, the atmosphere,
the ozone layer, etc.) and Spektr (various studies).
Stocks supplemented at the station with the help of cargo Sojuz-TM
and Progress-M. The station also cumowa³y spacecraft ferrying American
Space Shuttle.
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