Progress almost smashed Mir core; bailout was readied
The much-maligned commander of Russia's Mir space station says last month's crippling collision could have been much worse had he not used his controls to deflect a runaway supply capsule away from the critical core module. Even so, the crew prepared to abandon ship and U.S. Astronaut Michael Foale...
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