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Mir Mortals

First transmitted in 1998, this is the story of four men who orbited Earth on board the ill-fated Mir space station.

First transmitted in 1998, this is the story of four men who orbited Earth on board the ill-fated Mir space station, which NASA declared unsafe in 1991. Although Mir had been lived in almost continuously since she was launched in 1986, the joint Russian-American mission in 1997 saw unprecedented problems on board the station; from fire, power blackouts and mechanical breakdowns to a dramatic midspace collision that left everyone on board scrambling for their lives.

Contributors include American astronauts Jerry Linenger and Michael Foale, Russian cosmonauts Vasily Tsibliyev and Sasha Lazutkin, and ground support staff such as Tamara Globa, one of Russia's foremost astrologers.

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49 minutes

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Thu 23 Apr 1998 21:30

大象传媒 Four Space Race Collection

大象传媒 Four Space Race Collection
This is part of a selection of archive programmes charting America and Russia鈥檚 attempts to reach for the moon and beyond, as both competitors and allies.

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Programmes are selected, in part, for their historical context and reflect the broadcast standards and attitudes of their time, which may not accord to some current 大象传媒 editorial guidelines. We aim to select programmes which can be shown in their entirety but in some cases edits are required.

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Role Contributor
Narrator Stephen Kemble
Series Editor John Lynch
Producer Jill Fullerton-Smith

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