Thagard marks endurance record as Moscow tries to free new Mir array

U.S. astronaut/physician Norman Thagard set a U.S. space endurance record aboard Russia's Mir space station yesterday as ground controllers in Moscow pondered how to free a stuck solar array on Mir's newest pressurized module. Speaking to reporters yesterday in a video press conference from the...

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