End of an era as Mir splashes into Pacific
The Russian space station Mir - the biggest man-made object ever to re-enter Earth's atmosphere - broke into flaming chunks and crashed in the South Pacific ocean Friday as planned after it was pushed from orbit by an attached space tug. Pieces of the 140-ton Mir were scattered over a 3,700-mile...
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