Russian Space Agency decides to deorbit Mir

Top officials of the Russian Space Agency and related organizations decided yesterday the 13-year-old Mir orbital station can no longer be maintained in orbit under present budget conditions and will be deorbited in the first quarter of 1999. Mikhail Sinelshchikov, head of the Dept. of Piloted...

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