CHINESE COSMONAUT

China plans to launch its own cosmonaut this year, but not to Russia's Mir orbital station. Yuri Koptiev, head of the Russian Space Agency, tells reporters in Moscow Mir will be deorbited in September or even late August unless a private investor can be found to keep it going. That is extremely...

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