Space Science: Missions: Manned: Russian: Mir Space Station

Discussion of the political and scientific goals of the Shuttle-Mir missions and how successful the program was in achieving these goals. Includes interviews with crew members that worked on the station. [CNN]

A report on the tenth anniversary of the Mir space station and a discussion of its future in the face of the limited funding and resources of the Russian space program. [CNN]

Transcript of an interview about the mission of the Atlantis space shuttle to the Mir station in 1997, and about the increasing problems with maintaining the aging space station. [PBS]

An annotated chronology of the numerous technical problems and human errors that plagued the Mir space station in 1997 and 1998.

A NOVA documentary about the mishap-filled visit of American astronaut Jerry Linenger to Mir. Includes information on a typical day aboard the station, mission mishaps, an interview with Linenger, and a timeline of space age disasters.

An interview with NASA officials about a serious accident aboard the Mir station caused when the Mir cosmonauts lost control of a resupply ship, crashing it into the space station. The collision caused a depressurization and damaged the station's solar panels. [PBS]

An interview with American astronaut David Wolf, who served on the Mir space station in 1997, and his Russian counterparts. [PBS]

A report on the future of Mir and the continuing American participation in the space station after a series of dangerous mishaps and critical system failures in 1997 threatened the lives of Russian and American crew. [PBS]

An interactive, three-dimensional model of the Mir space station. Requires the Cult 3-D plug-in.

An interview with NASA and Russian Space Agency officials about a series of critical accidents and system failures aboard the Mir space station in mid-1997. [PBS]

A report on the Mir station's problems in space and questions about the reliability of the Russians as partners in the International Space Station program. [CNN]

A report on the Mir space station, describing the assembly of its modules in orbit. Includes video clips of the station.

A small gallery featuring photos of Russia's Mir Space Station.

Descriptions of key events in Mir's history. [Space.com]

A handful of CNN articles and multimedia about the Mir spacestation, from 1997-1998.

Russia's mission control has lost contact with the unmanned space station Mir, a mission control spokeswoman said on Tuesday. [CNN]