RUSSIAN ROULETTE
U.S. space officials are once again concerned about the ability of Russia to safely deorbit the 250,000-lb. Mir space station into an isolated area of the Pacific Ocean next summer. Four Progress spacecraft are needed to lower Mir's altitude. The plan had been for the last cosmonaut crew to remain...
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