Russia sets Feb. 20 date for next mission to Mir

A three-seat Soyuz capsule is scheduled to lift off for the Mir orbital station Feb. 20 carrying a Russian cosmonaut and researchers from France and the Slovak Republic, according to news reports from Moscow. The Itar-Tass agency said Cosmonaut Viktor Afanasyev will be joined by France's Jean-Pierre...

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