RUSSIA: COSMONAUTS ON THEIR WAY TO REVIVE 'MIR'.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

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A Soyuz rocket carrying cosmonauts Aleksandr Kaleri and Sergei Zaletin lifted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on 4 April bound for the "Mir" space station. The two cosmonauts expect to spend at least 45 days on board the station, which has been unmanned since last August. The station's new lease on life came after...

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