Last Mir crew set to leave Friday for landing Saturday

The final crew of Russia's Mir orbital station is scheduled to leave for Earth tomorrow, bringing down the curtain on a 13-year space saga that saw the Soviet Union's most ambitious space achievement evolve into a testing ground for the International Space Station. NASA Television plans to carry...

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