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...that the big deal about Destiny - that experiments can last longer? It's not just that. Destiny really does represent an advance over the facilities on Mir. When U.S. astronauts flew aboard Mir in the 1990s they were working with 20-year-old technology. Because the science racks on Destiny are modular, they can be returned to Earth on shuttles and replaced with newer technology whenever that is practical. If people are still living on the ISS 25 years from now, they won't be working with technology from 1995, when was Boeing started building the module...
...Both sides are playing down the significance of this transfer of power. The symbolism could be painful for the Russians. With Mir scheduled to de-orbit in March, the nation that has always led the world in long-duration space flight may now take a backseat to a "partner" that was once its bitter rival. The ISS blueprint calls for more Russian segments to arrive, including a power station and science lab of their own. But while most of the U.S. components are complete and waiting to be launched, and European and Japanese segments are at least funded, the Russians...
...constant outpost in the heavens. It hosted its first party of astro- and cosmonauts in the fall, and progress was monitored on the big screen at mission control in Moscow. In mid-November Russia's space program announced it was finally decommissioning its tattered, battered old station, Mir...
RUSSIAN SPACE CAPSULE (USED) Snug three-seater logged seven months at Mir. Delivery included $2.2 million at thespacestore.com...
...redesigns that would turn Freedom into the ISS, the reward was command of the first crew to spend a four-month rotation aboard. But that four-month trip was preceded by a four-year wait as deadlines slipped and the cash-strapped Russians had trouble delivering Zvezda, a Mir-like module where Shepherd, Krikalev, 42, and Yuri Gidzenko, 38, will eat, sleep and do most of their work while in space...