Russia's Mir space station
Russia's Mir space station returned safely to Earth in the Pacific on Mar. 23 after a textbook series of three deorbit burns. For downrange safety, controllers commanded the station's engines to burn until all of their fuel was depleted, and as a result the station fell a little short of its target.
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