On thing after another.(problems on the Mir space station)(includes related article on the Pioneer space probes)

From: Discover | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

An account of the numerous problems aboard the space station Mir is provided. Some have criticized NASA for endangering the lives of American astronauts. There are concerns about similar malfunctions on the International Space Station scheduled for launch in 1998.

Americans have known their share of emergencies in space, from Apollo 13 to the balky door on the space shuttle, but this past year on the Mir space station was a different matter altogether. The Russian cosmonauts and their American guests were subjected to so many problems, including potentially life-threatening fires and ...

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