Mir deorbit to begin March 22 or 23
It is still unclear if the final atmospheric burns to deorbit the Russian space station Mir will begin on Thursday or Friday of this week, according to flight controllers here. The Mir's orbit has continued to decline and is now at about 142 miles. In the meantime, Gennady Seleznyov, speaker of the...
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