Web Directory

» 2 Soviet Cosmonauts Lofted Toward New Space Station
   An original report from the first manned mission to Mir. Free registration required. [New York Times]
   http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/031486sci-space-mir.html

» A Mir Retrospective
   Streaming audio from NPR's Talk of the Nation, with several guests commenting on station. [National Public Radio]
   http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1120027

» Coming Apart?
   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]
   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec97/mir_8-14.html

» Ground Control
   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]
   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june97/atlantis_5-26.html

» MIRed in Mishaps
   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]
   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec97/mir_7-17.html

» Mir Diary
   Description of the Mir orbital complex together with a detailed diary of onboard events.
   http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/StationsMir/Mir.php

» Mir Space Station 1986-2001
   BBC News presents an illustrated history of the station.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/sci_tech/2001/mir/

» Mir in 3D
   An interactive, three-dimensional model of the Mir space station. Requires the Cult 3-D plug-in.
   http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/multimedia/cult3d/html/mir.html

» Mir's Woes Raise Doubts about U.S.-Russian Cooperation
   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]
   http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9706/25/mir.us.russia/

» Mir: A Rich Chronology
   Descriptions of key events in Mir's history. [Space.com]
   http://www.space.com/news/spacestation/mirinteractive_chron.html

» Moscow, We Have a Problem
   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 pa
   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june97/mir_6-25.html

» NOVA: Terror in Space
   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.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/

» Orbital Complex Mir 1986-2001
   Excerpts from a book containing pictures, drawings, and photos of the space station's modules.
   http://www.videocosmos.com/mir/mir.htm

» Russia Unveils Mir 2 But Spacecraft Construction Not on the Agenda
   An early report on plans for Mir's successor.
   http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/mir2_unveiled_010411.html

» Shuttle-Mir: An Experiment in Science and Politics
   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]
   http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9804/02/mir.retrospective/

» Space Station Mir
   Aggregate listing of many New York Times articles on Mir, 1997-2001. Free registration required.
   http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/mir-index.html

» SpaceOnLine: MIR
   Archive of news and information about the space station.
   http://www.spaceonline.tv/mir.htm

» With Us Via Satellite
   An interview with American astronaut David Wolf, who served on the Mir space station in 1997, and his Russian counterparts. [PBS]
   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec97/mir_9-30.html