VARIOUS: REMAINS OF MIR SPACE STATION FALL INTO PACIFIC OCEAN

Record ID: 971590

  • Title: VARIOUS: REMAINS OF MIR SPACE STATION FALL INTO PACIFIC OCEAN
  • Date: 24th March 2001
  • Summary: KOROLYOV, RUSSIA (MARCH 23, 2001) (REUTERS) GV/MV: SCREEN SHOWING MIR SPACE STATION/ WIDE OF THE MISSION CONTROL WITH PEOPLE LISTENING TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT MIR HAS COMPLETED ITS MISSION (6 SHOTS) GV: SCREEN GOING BLACK, DATE - MARCH 23, 2001 APPEARING CU: (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) YURI KOPTEV, HEAD OF RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY: "We weren't mistaken one step away or one millimeter. Yes, there is the last period where we simply couldn't influence the station from the point of view of controlling the splashdown and dumping station parts." SCU: MEDIA MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MIR COSMONAUT, ALEXANDER KARELI: "We have to live and do something instead. The life is going on, and this (Mir) will stay in our memory forever." MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) YURI KOPTEV, HEAD OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY: "I think today the world has seen a proof that Russia is able not only to build space objects, but also to control them and make prognosis, for example in the field of ballistics. It's one more example that Russia was, is and will be a space power."
  • Embargoed: 7th April 2001 13:00
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  • Location: KOROLYOV, RUSSIA / NADI, FIJI / SOUTH PACIFIC REGION
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  • Country: Russian Federation Fiji At Sea
  • Topics: Science,Space,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVA87QHHKNPUYWW8XVONHAFV8ZIT
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