Mir (Russian: Мир, which can mean both Peace an World) was a Soviet (and later Russian) orbital station. Mir was humanity's first consistently inhabited long-term research station in space, and the first 'third generation' type space station, constructed over a number of years with a modular design.

Trivia about mir

  • This space station turned 10 in February 1996
  • During her 140-day-long mission on this workplace Shannon Lucid made Jell-O every Sunday
  • In its years of operation, this Soviet space station released more than 200 objects (mostly trash) into space
  • The first joint American-Russian spacewalk was April 29, 1997 outside this space station
  • A veteran of 4 shuttle missions, Norman Thagard spent 115 days aboard this Russian space station in 1995
  • Astronaut Michael Foale was left in the dark in June 1997 after a supply ship punctured this craft's Spektr module
  • In 1992 cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned home after nearly a year aboard this space station
  • "Peace"ful space station(3)
  • This troubled space station, built 12 years ago, was only supposed to be in use for 5 years
  • In 1986 it replaced the Salyut 7 space station
  • 2 Russians made an impromptu spacewalk outside this space station & found a bag of trash that hindered docking
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Star City, Russia.) Behind me is a simulator of this craft that was inhabited by 104 people during its 15 years in space
  • In 1995 astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to board this Russian space station
  • Astronauts became cinematographers for the 1997 film "Mission to" this space station
  • On March 23, 2001 this Russian craft hit the atmosphere & what didn't burn landed in the Pacific; you broke it, you bought it
  • Astronauts became cinematographers for the 1997 film "Mission to" this space station
  • As you probably read it in the original Russian, you know the title is "Voina I" this, like the space station
  • This 3-letter word means "peace" or "village" in Russian; the space station named for it fell to Earth in 2001
  • In Russian it means "village" or "peace"; its core module was launched in 1986
  • March 23, 2001: It said dasvidaniya & plunged hundreds of miles into the Pacific