Mir and US Russia space alliance faces risks and payoff
The piece analyzes how NASA and Washington back the Mir program to foster East West cooperation and aerospace gains while recognizing hazards from glitches to near disasters. It cites Daniel Goldin, the Mir shuttle rendezvous history, and the planned international space station as a longer term collaboration with fifteen nations and a $50 billion price tag hewed by political and strategic aims.
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Mars Global Surveyor nears Mars orbit in planned maneuvers
NASA reports the Mars Global Surveyor has adjusted its flight path and fired thrusters for 11 seconds to align for an Sept 11 arrival. The craft will use aerobraking to enter a low altitude orbit and begin a 687 day mapping mission from about 234 miles altitude starting March 15, 1998.
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