Article: Cosmonaut docking problem in the bag

Article: This is Mir to ground control - we've had a ...
The Independent - London;  June 26, 1997 ;     684 words ... ... forced to shut off one of Mir's six modules, used for ... resulting in 45 per cent of Mir's power being lost." Last night the crew and ground control were still assessing whether ... gradually moving away from Mir, and is expected to fall ...

Article: Ground control to Major Tomski
The Independent - London;  March 9, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... minutes in his space station, Mir IV. The rest of the crew left ... all hope of rescue abandoned. Ground control, post-perestroika, have ... not too enamoured of them. Mir IV has a military purpose and ... might a hoe. But in Booth's Mir IV there are no strings of peppers ...

Article: Mir's crises a test of stress Human errors reveal strain
The Boston Globe;  July 20, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... conversation between ground control and the commander ... commander of the Mir space station ... past four weeks, Mir has been rammed ... crew forgot to tell ground control that the craft was ... astronauts on board Mir are safe, and have ... apparently persuaded ground ...

Article: Russian shines among Mir woes
The Boston Globe;  July 26, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... spend a lot of time at ground control," he says. "But many systems on Mir and Alpha are similar ... plans. He was aboard Mir when the Soviet Union ... Energiya, which built Mir, in 1981; among his ... he was part of the ground-control

Article: Battery Problem Causes Mir Contact Break, Says Mission ...
Xinhua News Agency;  December 26, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... aboard the space station Mir that caused Monday ... orbital aircraft and ground control center, Russia's Mission ... Dismissing the risk of Mir's crashing down to ... according to Russia's Mir sinking plan. However ... at the Russian space ground control warned earlier this month ...

Article: NEW PERIL THREATENS `MIR' CREW.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... moment on the floor of ground control looking upset as he shouted at the Mir crew, who were able to ... guidance system that keeps Mir's solar panels lined ... works to restore power, ground control ordered the Mir crew to shut down all ...

Article: Crewman pulls plug, sends Mir tumbling Space station's ...
The Boston Globe;  July 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... during a tense moment at ground control as he shouted at the Mir crew members, who ... guidance system that keeps Mir's solar panels lined ... to restore power, ground control ordered the crew to ... control systems, Mir's on-board temperature ...