Dossier
Mir
Coverage of Mir in the Nexus archive.
- The Collision That Sent the Soviet Space Station Tumbling
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Lazutkin and U.S. astronaut Michael Foale recall a collision with the Soviet space station Mir, which caused it to tumble. They worked to save themselves and the station, but their homecoming experiences differed.
- “Vodka did not go down well in space.”
Rookie cosmonaut Sergei Zalyotin assessed the future viability of Russia’s aging space station Mir by spending two months aboard conducting critical repairs. The crew occasionally consumed cognac after a long week of work, though the title references vodka not being suitable in space.