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Mir crew moves to Soyuz for flyby of U S satellite
Mir astronauts retreated to the Soyuz capsule after a 370 pound U S Defense satellite on a perpendicular, inoperative orbit passed within 500 yards of the station. U S officials downplayed the risk, while Russian Mission Control called it Mir's closest brush with an unrelated craft in 11 years.
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Mir
Soyuz
U.S
Space Station
John Lawrence
U.S. Space Agency
Vera Medvedkova
Russia
Mission Control
James Oberg
Oberg
Spektr
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
U.S. Defense Department
United States Treasury
Treasury