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Early report on a rumored Russian decision to end the Mir mission. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/85074.stm
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Mir: The End
News announcement of Russia's plans to deorbit Mir. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/449273.stm
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Mir De-orbit
Offers a description of how Mir de-orbit and re-entry was accomplished.
http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/Orbits/Mir-Re-entry.htm
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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]
http://www.space.com/news/spacestation/anderson_profile_000407.html
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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]
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/11/16/mir.ditched/
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Mir Dumping Delayed
Russian space officials have postponed the dumping of the Mir space station until mid-March. [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/15/russia.mir/
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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]
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42267,00.html
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Mir Space Station Sees Final Days
News summary of Mir's finale. [Washington Post]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A9469-2001Mar15
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Chat Transcript: Miles O'Brien
A space correspondent answers questions about Mir and its pending demise. [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/2001/03/19/obrien/
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Mir: Will It Crash or Splash?
A look at the risks before Mir's splashdown. [Wired News]
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42533,00.html
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Mir Maneuvers Before Risky Plunge
Russian mission controllers prepared to stabilize the spinning space station Mir before its final
plunge. [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/03/21/mir.02/
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Mir Today, Gone Tomorrow
News on Mir's descent, and crash contingency plans. [The Guardian]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,460855,00.html
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Mir Crashes; Wreckage on eBay
A look at the alleged Mir remains being auctioned. [Wired News]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42594,00.html
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eBay Shuts Down Mir Auctions
The leading auction site halts several Mir wreckage listings. [News.Com]
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-254693.html
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Slate: MIR Crashes Cartoons
A dozen editorial cartoons about the reentry.
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/mir/
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Mir's Fiery Finale
News coverage of the Mir reentry, from Space.com. Includes multimedia, an archive of past stories,
and reentry footage.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/mir_fiery_finale_page.html
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Mir Falls to Earth
A CNN in-depth site with news and resources relating to Mir's demise.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/mir/
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Keep Mir Alive
Historical information on efforts to keep the Mir space station in operation through non-government
sources of funding.
http://www.space-frontier.org/PROJECTS/MIR/
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