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Home / Science / Technology / Space / Missions / Manned / Russian / Mir Space Station / Re-entry
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- Chat Transcript: Miles O'Brien - A space correspondent answers questions about Mir and its pending demise. [CNN]
www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/2001/03/19/obrien
- eBay Shuts Down Mir Auctions - The leading auction site halts several Mir wreckage listings. [News.Com]
news.com.com/2100-1017-254693.html
- Keep Mir Alive - Historical information on efforts to keep the Mir space station in operation through non-government sources of funding.
www.space-frontier.org/PROJECTS/MIR
- Mir Crashes; Wreckage on eBay - A look at the alleged Mir remains being auctioned. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42594,00.html
- Mir De-orbit - Offers a description of how Mir de-orbit and re-entry was accomplished.
www.zarya.info/Tracking/Orbits/Mir-Re-entry.htm
- Mir Dumping Delayed - Russian space officials have postponed the dumping of the Mir space station until mid-March. [CNN]
www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/15/russia.mir
- Mir Falls to Earth - A CNN in-depth site with news and resources relating to Mir's demise.
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/mir
- Mir Gets a New Crash Date - News notice that the new estimated date for Mir's demise is March 20, with some re-entry information. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42267,00.html
- Mir Maneuvers Before Risky Plunge - Russian mission controllers prepared to stabilize the spinning space station Mir before its final plunge. [CNN]
www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/03/21/mir.02
- Mir Set for Final Descent - Russian officials announce Mir is ready to be scuttled. [BBC News]
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1234000/1234895.stm
- Mir Space Station Sees Final Days - News summary of Mir's finale. [Washington Post]
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A9469-2001Mar15
- Mir Today, Gone Tomorrow - News on Mir's descent, and crash contingency plans. [The Guardian]
www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,460855,00.html
- Mir's Fiery Finale - News coverage of the Mir reentry, from Space.com. Includes multimedia, an archive of past stories, and reentry footage.
www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/mir_fiery_finale_page.html
- Mir: The End - News announcement of Russia's plans to deorbit Mir. [BBC News]
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_449000/449273.stm
- Mir: Will It Crash or Splash? - A look at the risks before Mir's splashdown. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42533,00.html
- Pacific Ditching for Mir in February - The aged Mir space station will be ditched in February in a controlled descent that will send it hurtling into a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, Russia's Cabinet has said. [CNN]
www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/11/16/mir.ditched
- Slate: MIR Crashes Cartoons - A dozen editorial cartoons about the reentry.
cagle.slate.msn.com/news/mir
- The Men Behind Mir's Financial Rescue - Information on the financial plan telecommunications entrepreneurs Walt Anderson and Rick Tumlinson that saved the Mir station from being shut down and reentered into the Earth's Atmosphere in 1999. Includes links to related stories. [Space.com]
www.space.com/news/spacestation/anderson_profile_000407.html
- The Mir that fell to Earth - Early report on a rumored Russian decision to end the Mir mission. [BBC News]
news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_85000/85074.stm
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