Priroda docks with Mir, completing Russian station

Controllers at Mission Control Center-Moscow reported a successful docking with the Mir space station Friday of the Priroda pressurized module, the last element in the original Mir design. Launched on Tuesday, the 20-ton module reached the orbital station at 4:43 p.m. Moscow time (8:43 a.m. EDT) and...

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