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Russians watch Mir's demise with pride
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Russians watch Mir's demise with pride
Space laboratory's final mission completed as planned
By PATRICK E. TYLER
New York Times
Saturday, March 24, 2001
Korolyov, Russia -- For all the anxieties it caused during its
86,330 laps around the planet, Russia's Mir space station executed
its final program for self-destruction with a series of crisp
electronic salutes that fired retro rockets and sent the 134-ton
leviathan streaking out of orbit like a midday meteor...
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