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MIR Space Station Fire

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The deorbit of Mir was the controlled atmospheric re-entry of the modular Russian space station Mir carried out on March 23, 2001. Major components ranged from about 5 to 15 years in age, and included the Mir Core Module, Kvant-1, Kvant-2, Kristall, Spektr, Priroda, and Docking Module. Although Russia was optimistic about Mir's future, the country's commitments to the International Space Station project left no funding to support Mir.
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Mission to Mir

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During the operation of Mir, a number of accidents occurred which threatened the safety of the station. The most alarming incident, however, occurred during EO-23. On 23 February 1997 during the handover period from EO-22 to EO-23, followed a malfunction in one of the station's backup Vika system, a chemical oxygen generator later known as solid-fuel oxygen generator (SFOG). The Vika malfunction led to a fire which burned for around 90 seconds (according to official sources at the TsUP; astronaut Jerry Linenger, however, insists the fire burned for around 14 minutes), and produced large amounts of toxic smoke that filled the station for around 45 minutes.
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The Mir Accident
June 25, 1997
While practicing manual docking procedures, astronauts on the Russian Space Station Mir lost control of a Progress resupply ship early Wednesday. The ship then crashed into the space station, causing the cabins to depressurise and damage to the station's solar panels.
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On June 25, 1997, an unmanned Progress resupply vehicle collided with the Spektr module of the Russian space station Mir, causing damage and depressurisation. The Mir crew closed the hatch to the leaking Spektr, preventing further pressure loss onboard Mir.

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The Mir space station was launched on the 19th February, 1986 at 21:28:23 UTC

Mir was a Soviet  and later Russian  space station. It was the world's first consistently inhabited long-term research station in space, and the first of the third generation type of space station, constructed from 1986 to 1996 with a modular design. The station was in operation for fifteen years until March 23, 2001, when it was deliberately de-orbited, breaking apart during atmospheric re-entry  over the South Pacific Ocean.
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