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- 2 Soviet Cosmonauts Lofted Toward New Space Station - An original report from the first manned mission to Mir. Free registration required. [New York Times]
www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/031486sci-space-mir.html
- A Mir Retrospective - Streaming audio from NPR's Talk of the Nation, with several guests commenting on station. [National Public Radio]
search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=03/16/2001&PrgID=5
- 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]
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec97/mir_8-14.html
- 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]
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june97/atlantis_5-26.html
- 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]
www.cnn.com/TECH/9602/mir
- Mir Diary - Description of the Mir orbital complex together with a detailed diary of onboard events.
www.zarya.info/Diaries/Mir/Index.htm
- Mir in 3D - An interactive, three-dimensional model of the Mir space station. Requires the Cult 3-D plug-in.
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/multimedia/cult3d/html/mir.html
- Mir Reflections - A short editorial commentary on the Mir station. [John Shepler]
www.execpc.com/~shepler/mir.html
- Mir Space Station - A report on the Mir space station, describing the assembly of its modules in orbit. Includes video clips of the station.
liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/rsa/mir.html
- Mir Space Station - History, news, images, and information on research on the station.
www.cosmicimages.com/Mir
- Mir Space Station 1986-2001 - BBC News presents an illustrated history of the station.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/sci_tech/2001/mir
- Mir Space Station Photo Gallery - A small gallery featuring photos of Russia's Mir Space Station.
www.spacepix.net/mir
- 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]
www.cnn.com/TECH/9706/25/mir.us.russia
- Mir: A Look Back - Mission history, facts, overview, and wrapup. [Discovery Chanel Canada]
exn.ca/Stories/2001/03/15/54.asp
- Mir: A Rich Chronology - Descriptions of key events in Mir's history. [Space.com]
www.space.com/news/spacestation/mirinteractive_chron.html
- 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]
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec97/mir_7-17.html
- Mishaps on Mir - An annotated chronology of the numerous technical problems and human errors that plagued the Mir space station in 1997 and 1998.
www.cnn.com/TECH/9707/mir/timeline
- Mission Mir - A handful of CNN articles and multimedia about the Mir spacestation, from 1997-1998.
www.cnn.com/TECH/9707/mir
- 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]
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june97/mir_6-25.html
- 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.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir
- Orbital Complex Mir 1986-2001 - Excerpts from a book containing pictures, drawings, and photos of the space station's modules.
www.videocosmos.com/mir/mir.htm
- Pranks Show Lighter Side of Mir - A look at the fun times had aboard Mir. [Moscow Times]
www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2001/03/23/012.html
- Rest in Peace, Mir - A look a Mir's pending demise. [Discovery News]
dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20010312/peace.html
- 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]
www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/12/26/mir.contact
- Russia Unveils Mir 2 But Spacecraft Construction Not on the Agenda - An early report on plans for Mir's successor.
www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/mir2_unveiled_010411.html
- 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]
www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9804/02/mir.retrospective
- Space Station Mir - Aggregate listing of many New York Times articles on Mir, 1997-2001. Free registration required.
www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/mir-index.html
- SpaceOnLine: MIR - Archive of news and information about the space station.
www.spaceonline.tv/mir.htm
- 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]
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec97/mir_9-30.html
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