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Drag with the high atmosphere slowed it and it reentered on March 23, 2001 resulting in its breakup and destruction. To make sure this happened in a controlled manner safely over unpopulated areas a number of burns of the engines of the Progress M1-5 that had docked earlier adjusted the orbit so that reentry would be over the southern Pacific Ocean.
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What type of satellite is Mir?
A space station
What is space probe?
Space probe is a station.
Is there a secret space station?
Logically, if there was a secret space station, no one - we - wouldn't know about it.It's highly unlikely that there is one because all the necessary maintenance, rocket launches on a scale required for space station wouldn't go unnoticed. Also, space station would be clearly visible for amateur astronomers all over the world.
How does the international space station get supplies?
They are brought up by other space craft, usually one of the Space Shuttles.
What is the largest man made satellite orbiting earth?
The International Space Station (ISS).
What country launched that the mir space station?
Mir Space Station was launched by the Russians ...
When did Atlantis dock with Mir Space Station?
the Atlantis docked with Mir Space Station on 29th June, 1995.
Is the Russian space station mir still in space?
The Mir space station was deliberately de-orbited in 2001 and broke up on re-entry.
Is Mir a name for international space stationyes or no?
no, mir is the soviet union and Russian space station
What are the names of 2 Russian space stations?
Mir space station and international space station..
What space station did space shuttle atlantis dock with in 1995?
Russian Mir space station.
Who invented the Mir space station?
The Soviets
Where was the space station mir launched?
russia
When was Mir Space Station finished?
YESTERDAY
What type of satellite is Mir?
A space station
What Russian space station did us astronauts spend time in in 1980s?
The space station Mir.
What was the first permanently occupied space station?
1987: First permanently-occupied space station, Space Station MIR (USSR).
