Russian official says tight funds delay Mir deorbit burn

A planned initial deorbit burn for Russia's Mir space station will be postponed from this week until December because the cash-strapped Russian Space Agency lacks the funds to carry it out, a top Russian space official told a Russian news agency yesterday. Viktor Blagov, deputy chief of Mission...

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