On this day in 1999 the final crew of the Russian space station Mir departed the station to return to Earth. Russia was forced to abandon Mir for financial reasons after 13 years of service.
The Mir Space Station was at the time the largest artificial satellite orbiting the earth. It re-entered the earths atmosphere in March 2001, the majority of it burnt up with a few pieces splash landing in the Pacific Ocean
You can find out more about Mir by visiting here
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