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CNN - Misson Mir
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9707/mir/
Maneuver a 3-D model of Mir, sit in the shuttle
commander's seat, and read articles about recent Mir
events as well as profiles on the US astronauts who lived
on the station.
Phase I
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/
This site is a good summary of what was learned from the
successes and failures of Mir—a Russian-American
collaborative—and the implications for the upcoming
International Space Station.
Where is the Mir Space Station
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/temp/mir_loc.html
Find out exactly where Mir is right now; updated every 1
minute.
Russian Space Agency
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/rsa/rsa.html
Learn more about the Russian Space Agency.
International Space Station
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html
Find out more about the new International Space Station
at this official NASA Web site.
Books
Harland, David Michael.
The Mir space station: a precursor to space
colonization,
New York : Wiley, 1997.
This book is a comprehensive technical look at the Mir
space station.
Heppenheimer, T.A.
Countdown: A History of Space Flight, John Wiley &
Sons, 1997.
Here you'll find a survey of the history of space flight
from the 1920s to 1995.
Oberg, James. Uncovering Soviet Disasters, Random
House, 1988.
This book takes a careful investigative look at Soviet
disasters, uncovering secrets that have long been
protected.
Oberg, James. Red Star in Orbit, Random House, New
York, 1981.
This is a popular-style account of the development of the
Soviet space program and how amateur Western "space
sleuths" figured it out. Foreword by Tom Wolfe.
Articles
Maass, Peter. "Messages from Mir: how the mistakes made on the
Russian space station brings us closer to Mars."
The New Yorker, October 20, 1997, v 73 n 32 p. 238
This article is a general overview of Mir, the mistakes
made, and the implications for the future.
Kluger, Jeffrey. "A bad day in space."
Time Magazine, Nov 3, 1997, v150, n 18. p. 84
This article about the collision in 1997 on Mir space
station includes related information on cosmonauts Vasili
Tsibliyev and Alexander Lazutkin.
Lucid, Shannon W. "Six Months on Mir."
Scientific American, May, 1998. p. 46.
This first-hand account from astronaut Shannon Lucid
describes life aboard the spacecraft Mir and looks at the
future of the International Space Station.
Burrows, William E. "Why Build a Space Station."
Popular Science
Special Issue, May, 1998. p. 48
This is a look at the new International Space Station, as
well as its economic and political implications.
Special Thanks
Glenn Johnson
Robert G. Kennedy III and
the Ultimax Group
Jerry Linenger, Astronaut
James Oberg
Credits
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Kim Ducharme, Designer
Karen Hartley, Hot Science Developer
Brenden Kootsey, Production Technologist
Sheri Lyn Rosenzweig, Intern
Peter Tyson, Producer
Rob Meyer, Production Assistant
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