Mir airlock holding pressure after seal cleaning

An airlock hatch on Russia's Mir orbital station appeared to be holding pressure yesterday after cosmonauts cleaned off a white residue that they found on the hatch's pressure seal, Mission Control Center-Moscow told Russian reporters. Cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov also used extra...

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