ASTRONAUTS SWITCH PLACES FOR MIR TRIP
NASA has revised its plans for sending astronauts for months-long stays on Mir in the wake of Russian officials ruling that two Americans do not meet height restrictions. NASA has stopped training pairs of astronauts, a prime and a backup, for each Mir slot and will now train them in sequence, as...
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