Mir crew spent the night in Soyuz capsules after fire
The six-man Russian/U.S./German crew on the Mir orbital station was prepared to abandon Mir after a Feb. 23 fire filled the complex with "heavy" smoke" (DAILY, Feb. 25). The blaze, triggered when a lithium perchlorate "candle" used to boost atmospheric oxygen escaped its containment, was quickly...
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