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Mir Mission to End in June
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May 28, 2000
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SSTV picture received in April by VK2KGM showing Mir Commander Sergei Zalyotin, left, and Alexander Kaleri, U8MIR, right.
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Mir mission to end in June: According to news reports, Russia will evacuate the Mir space station in June but will keep the aging spacecraft in orbit in case money becomes available for future missions. Mir was designed to stay in orbit for five years, but it's been in space nearly three times as long. Russian space officials insist that the Mir is funded by private money and has no impact on the International Space Station--already behind schedule in part because of Russian delays. The two cosmonauts aboard Mir, Sergei Zalyotin and Alexander Kaleri, are due to abandon the craft in mid-June after preparing it for months of hibernation. Russian space officials still have not ruled out the possibility that they'll jettison Mir by late summer if no new money becomes available. There has been some Amateur Radio operation from aboard Mir since it was brought back to life in April and a leak repaired by the current crew.
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