On February 20, 1986, a Proton rose off its launchpad in Kazakstan bound for low Earth orbit. Its payload was a module designated 17KS, known better as the core stage of the Mir space station.

KOROLYOV, Russia (AP) -- The Mir space station returned to Earth in pieces Friday, ending its 15-year, 2.2 billion-mile odyssey with a fiery plunge into the South Pacific. There was no immediate ...

On February 19, 1986, the Soviet Union launched the Mir space station. While this wasn't the first space station launched into orbit, it was the first one that had to be assembled piece-by-piece ...

Russia said it lost contact with its doomed Mir space station for almost a day, raising fears that the 130-ton contraption will become uncontrollable when space engineers ditch it next year ...

With commercial interest in Mir continuing to increase, MirCorp’s two primary investors – Walt Anderson and Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria – reiterated their commitment to financing the station’s ...

The most direct example was on the space station Mir, a Russian space station that flew in the 1990s. A resupply vessel collided with the space station, and it caused major damage.

Fire aboard Russian space station Mir in 1997 prompted new fire safety rules on ISS. By Michael Lee Fox News. Published October 7, 2023 4:00am EDT. Facebook Twitter; Flipboard ...

Medical doctor and electrical engineer David Wolf logged more than 168 days in space – including a 128-day stint aboard the Russian space station Mir – in four separate missions. He also completed ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Observers of the market for initial public offerings have seen their share of unusual IPOs, especially with last year's dot-com craze, but this one is out of this world ...

Third-Generation Station: Mir (1986-present) Mir was the first permanent space station. The station has been in orbit for 13 years, and staffed continuously for the past 9 years.

An era will end next February when the Russian space station Mir plunges into the Pacific Ocean, discarded off the coast of Australia after 15 years of close calls and amazing feats. Mir was a ...