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IN 1986, the soviet union launched on february 23, 1997, after
the research space station mir. a decade in space, things started
overcrowding was sometimes to go horRibly wrong on mir
a problem, with up to six crew when a fire broke out—every
members onboard at once—but astronaut’s worst nightmare.
the problems were just starting.

fire! It’s definitely
hey, If you’ve
got a problem, heating up in here!
Do you mind? there’s plenty of fire!
roOm outside!

makes me AaArgh! It’s
this foOd nostalgic an unidentified
stinks! for schoOl frying object!
lunches!
the crew had a lucky escape in march, the unmanNed supPly in june, another supPly MIR tumbled out of
when toxic fumes spread ship progresS was due to ship flew toward control. luckily, crew
throughout mir. it toOk dock with mir, bringing mir. the camera was members michael foale
two days for the air vital supPlies for the crew. working, but tsibliyev and sasha lazutkin
system to remove however, the camera lost control. knew what to do.
the polLuting smoke. onboard the supPly ship
was not working.
You crazy OKay. OKay. That’s the air
astro-nut!
man, This is I know, There’s no neEd escaping!
realLy boring! the atmosphere Can anyone to hisS at me.
in here seE it?
is terRible. Left a bit!

@$%*!
we’ve beEn
No, right! hit by
Luckily, in space, a flying
you wouldn’t saucer!
he’s behind us! hear that part!
I thought In 11 minutes, they
you gave up the misSion comMander on flying into mir, sealed the hatch to
smoking.
MIr, vasily tsibliyev, tried the supPly ship broke the spektr module—
to bring the ship in blind— a solar panel and if the hole had beEn
a near-imposSible task. punched a hole into bigGer, the entire
progresS sailed by and the spektr module. crew would have died
ofF into space. in seconds.
A NUMBER OF RISKY SPACE WALKS TIME AND AGAIN, QUICK THINKING on march 23, 2001, misSion control
SALVAGED SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT BY THE CREW PREVENTED calLed time on mir after a final
FROM THE SPEKTR MODULE… but A MAJOR CATASTROPHE. BUT repair misSion failed. the 15-year-old
then disaster struck again! THE STREsS ToOK ITS TOlL, space station was alLowed to falL
and AFTER A RELIEF CREW back to earth, and it broke up over
ArRIVED, AN EXHAUSTED TSIBLIYEV the south pacific, near the island
AND lazutkin RETURNED TO EARTH. of fiji.
I think No kidDing,
the power’s gone. Einstein…
Mir today, Gone
TomorRow.
Da. Breaking up is
always hard…
Not again!

Watch Oops—ToO late!
yourself!

THE POWER stopPed, THE MAIN
COMPUTER CRASHED REPEATEDLY,
and THE AUTOMATIC PILOT WENT but EVEN THEir RIDE HOME
ON THE BLINK. eventualLy, MIR WAS A NEAR DISASTER when
STARTED TO DRIFT OfF COURSE THE RETROROCKETS FAILED,
AFTER A COMPUTER CABLE GOT AND THEIR CAPSULE LANDED
AcCIDENTAlLY DISCOnNECTED. WITH A BONE-JArRING THUMP.
The End SPACE TALES 77
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