Mir termination now planned for March 21 over Pacific

Russia's Mir space station is now slated to meet its fiery end over the South Pacific on March 21, according to Mir deputy flight manager Viktor Blagov, and final preparations for that have already begun, including turning on the onboard computer to guide the aging station's fall. In case things don...

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