MIR Space Station

[Dr_Woland]

At last, a Science area on Russia.com :-)

The Russian authorities have announced definitively that MIR has come to the end of its useful life.

Early next year it will undertake a planned burn-up descent into the earth's atmosphere, with a landing point in the Pacific, some 900 miles off the Australian coast.

Dr W.

[kyrie]

Not since SkyLab has such a marvelous example of engineering come barreling down from heaven..

Gagarin would be proud.

[glock_girl]

I was told that you can see the MIR cross the sky from a woutheast to northwest direction every 45 minutes over earth on a clear night. Is it true? I have not seen it

[kyrie]

I've heard that when completed the international space station will be visible with the naked eye but this is the first I've heard of seeing Mir that way.

Maybe if I look to the woutheast..

[glock_girl]

I saw the MIR space station last night. At first I thought it was Venus - but it was too bright.
So I thought that maybe it was MIR.

According to the newspaper - it was!
And also, they report that the MIR will be destroyed in March. So soon??!?

Amy

[carmenlittle]

Originally posted by Dr_Woland
At last, a Science area on Russia.com :-)

The Russian authorities have announced definitively that MIR has come to the end of its useful life.

Early next year it will undertake a planned burn-up descent into the earth's atmosphere, with a landing point in the Pacific, some 900 miles off the Australian coast.

Dr W.

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well done.

carmenlittle
23-03-2001(07:22)p.m.

[Ackles00]

It's kind of sad though. The first space station is just gonn be scrap. No museum, no worldwide ceremony. Then again, it's structure isn't designed for gravity.