Date: 8 April 1997 // Mission Day 87 Mir Systems 1. Progress 234 – At 19:05 DMT, the crew was informed that ground commands to activate the two TORU (manual […]
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Mir Status Report 3 April 1997
Date: 3 April 1997 / Mission Day 82 Mir Station System/Subsystem Activities Replace PTAB Unit #2 in Priroda Clean Mir power connectors x-301 and x-302 Mir Systems Mr. Blagov reported […]
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Mir Status Report 2 April 1997
Mir 23 / NASA 4 Daily Status Reports (Edited) // Period of April 2-3, 1997 Date: 2 April 1997 / Mission Day 81 Experiment Hardware: 1. EDLS – Jerry saw […]
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Mir Status Report 1 April 1997
Subject: Telecon Notes Date: Tuesday, April 01, 1997 9:36AM Regular Tuesday Ops Telecon 4/1/97 1) Shuttle Status – Mentioned RCS seal-saver problem on OV-104, no launch impact expected as of […]
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Update: The Photo Op From Hell
Keith’s note: Rep. Sensenbrenner and his delegation made a scheduled factory visit to view Russian space station hardware today. Unbeknownst to Rep. Sensenbrenner, who had requested that there be no […]
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To Russia With Bucks?
Keith’s note: On 31 January 1997 Dan had to cut short a trip to California to return to DC for a White House meeting. The topic was Russia and the […]
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Service Module Update
Keith’s note: RIF Watch has come across additional information from the Moscow meetings held in late November regarding the problems confronting the Russian Service Module. This is a follow-on to […]
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Service Module IPT Update
Someone@NASA.gov’s note: I attended the Service Module IPT yesterday (11/21/96). The following is a summary of some of the discussion. A team of “senior NASA management” has been in Moscow […]
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Mir Extension Update 12-16 June 1995
MIR EXTENSION OPERATIONS WEEKLY REPORT FOR WEEK OF Monday, 12.06.95 through Friday, 16.06.95 Report filed by Sarah Kirby MIR OPERATIONS Monday (6/12): The crew spent the day at rest. They […]
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Russian Doubts About The Future in Space
The following quotation is from an interview with former cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalyonok, now a “Colonel General” (3-star) in charge of the Zhukovskiy Military Air Engineering Academy. It was published in […]