How far away is the Mir space station from earth?

In 1986, the Soviet Union launched a space station into space. That is a place where astronauts can eat and sleep during their missions. Mir was supposed to orbit earth for five years, but with repairs it orbited earth for fifteen years. Mir was finally abandoned in 2001. It fell safely to the earth. ''Mir'' is the Russian word for ''peace.''

Mir Space Station was launched by the Russians ...

The Russian space station MIR fell to earth and burned up years ago.

the Atlantis docked with Mir Space Station on 29th June, 1995.

In 1986, the Soviet Union launched a space station into space. With a few repairs, the space station lasted until 2001. Mir is the Russian word for peace

The Mir space station was deliberately de-orbited in 2001 and broke up on re-entry.

No. It crashed back to earth in the late 90's.

no, mir is the soviet union and Russian space station

Russian Mir space station.

Mir space station and international space station..

The name of the first space station was called Mir.

Because Mir had a problem with a system and programs. Mir was made in China so It was too crapy so they couldn't use any more.

1987: First permanently-occupied space station, Space Station MIR (USSR).

The space station Mir.

The Mir Space Station was too big and too expensive to be recovered from Earth. In 2001 it was deorbited and allowed to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. Any remains crashed into the ocean. Their are Mir mockups and artifacts on display at various locations around the world. The Mir Space Station was too big and too expensive to be recovered from Earth. In 2001 it was deorbited and allowed to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. Any remains crashed into the ocean. Their are Mir mockups and artifacts on display at various locations around the world.

how many months did astronaut Andy thomas spend on the mir space station

The Mir space station.

Chris Hadfield is on the International Space Station, not the Mir space station. Those two space stations are not the same. The reason he is there is to conduct space related research.

The space craft that has halted in space is called: STATION MIR. to view more about it google station MIR. on images sincerely, - J o s h :P

The MIR station was in low earth orbit ( about 300 km or 200 miles) and traveled at 17,200 mph (27,700 km/hr), about the same as the space shuttle.

It was a Russian Space Station. It was decommissioned and de-orbited in 2001. A few Mir facts: * Mir (Мир) is Russian for peace or world * Mir was the first continuously staffed space station * It was in orbit for almost 15 years, occupied for 12 years and continuously manned for 10 years * The normal crew size was three, but it could accommodate six * Astronauts from 13 different station stayed at Mir

The initial launch date for the first Russian Space Station Mir was on February 20, 1986. There were several launches to the space station after that until April of 1996.

The Mir was launched by the Soviet Union.

You could have ISS for the International Space Station. You could also have Mir, which was an old Russian space station.

It's the Internation Space Station, former one was Mir, but it had to be taken down.