After 15 years in space the Russian space station MIR today plunged into the Pacific. CNN < 'saw' the burning objects at the sky over Fuji islands. More.... March 23, 2001, forty historic years of Russian Space History has found an end. The MIR Space Station splashed into the Pacific Ocean, just 15 years after its launch at February 20, 1986. Now Russia will continue its space experience only in international projects.
MIR, however, has a capricious history with a lot of troubles. There are also theories that the disappearing will be not so smooth like they hope. In 1997 the burning of the American Skylab turned into an unplanned rain of fragments in South West Australia (nobody was hurt), Summer 1999 there was a prophecy about a crash of MIR on Paris during the Eclipse of August 11. It seemed we only had to wait for other Doom Scenario's.
On this page you find a lot of internet sources about the MIR, with special attention for Chris van den Berg in The Netherlands, one of the best informed specialists about MIR. His MIR News gives the latest news, a (nearly) daily report since 1997 and lots of other links.
And you find information about the future of space colonization. Alpha, the International Space Station, has permanent inhabitants and is growing to our brightesrs 'star' in orbit. And they are talking again about new missions for the Moon and even trips to Mars.
I think this page could be worth a bookmark. Welcome back! See MIR!
The Mir de-orbit will take place in a very remote location in the South Pacific ocean. MirReentry.com is mounting an expedition to the event area to observe, film, videotape, and record the reentry event as the Space Station returns from orbit and passes through the earth’s atmosphere. You can be a participant. They sell some 120 tickets for $ 6,500 for the plane, starting in Los Angeles. At their site you find a lot of information with a description of the event, a simulation movie, the latest news and the history of Mir.
The Splashdown of MIR
MIR in pieces back on Earth
March 23, 2001, forty historic years of Russian Space History has found an end. The MIR Space Station splashed into the Pacific Ocean, just 15 years after its launch at February 20, 1986. Now Russia will continue its space experience only in international projects.
NASA MIR Diagram > (Chris v.d. Berg)
This map shows the possible location for the splashdown of Mir in the Pacific Ocean (MirReentry.com) 
History of MIR
Space Travel
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