On May 12, 2000, two Russian cosmonauts embarked on the 80th and final spacewalk at the Mir space station. This was also the first commercially financed spacewalk. A private company called Mircorp ...

On February 19, 1986, the Soviet Union launched the Mir space station. While this wasn't the first space station launched into orbit, it was the first one that had to be assembled piece-by-piece in ...

S A N  F R A N C I S C O, Oct. 13 -- Russian cosmonauts whoserved aboard the Mir space station were generally happier andmore satisfied than their American counterparts, according tothe ...