[FPSPACE] Mir To be Destroyed Feb 27: Official

[Simon Mansfield]

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STATION NEWS

Mir To be Destroyed Feb 27: Koptev
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mir-00zzj.html

Moscow (AFP) Nov. 16, 2000 - Russia's ageing Mir space station, which has 
been in orbit for 14 years, will be destroyed on February 27-28 next year, 
Russian space agency chief, Yury Koptev said Thursday. In keeping with the 
troubled history of the 14-year-old orbiter, the announcement led to 
confusion, coming only minutes after the agency's top spokesman Sergei 
Gorbunov said safety concerns had forced the decision to be delayed.

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