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Astronaut Recalls Surviving Mir Space Station Fire

Former NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger provides a harrowing firsthand account of surviving a major fire aboard the Mir space station in 1997, one of the most dangerous incidents in spaceflight history.

By Evelyn Reed

#Mir Space Station#Jerry Linenger#Spaceflight

Space History•Oct 5

Cognac in Orbit: How Cosmonauts Handled a Mir Disaster

In 1997, a cargo ship collision nearly destroyed the Mir space station. In the aftermath, Russian cosmonauts relied on a secret tradition: drinking cognac.

By Julian Vance

#Mir Space Station#Space History#Roscosmos

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