The Mir Diaries

February 2, 1995

Tomorrow, NASA [?] Discovery, one of NASA’s Space Shuttles. Discovery’s one-week mission is very important, because it is the first time a Shuttle will rendezvous with Mir, the new Russian space station.


March 10, 1995

On March 14, Norman Thagard [?] his stay on Mir. He is American, and he is the first astronaut who is living on Mir. He [?] on the station for 115 days, which is a new American record.


June 23, 1995

The United States [?] humans into space for the 100th time on June 27. Shuttle Atlantis [?] three astronauts to Mir. These astronauts [?] the three who have spent more than three months in space. It is also the first time an American Shuttle [?] with Mir. The old crew [?] to Earth along with Atlantis in early July.


March 21, 1996

Tomorrow, Shannon Lucid [?] to Mir aboard Atlantis. She is the first American woman to live aboard the station. She [?] on Mir for a total of 188 days, a record for American astronauts and a world record for woman astronauts. She and the Russian cosmonauts aboard Mir [?] only Russian for the entire mission. Ms. Lucid has been studying this foreign language very hard.


June 26, 1997

Yesterday, a Russian supply ship hit Mir. The station is still in good condition. In August, a new crew [?] the current crew on Mir. The new astronauts [?] a spacewalk to examine the damage to the supply ship, called Spektr.

June 1, 1998

Tomorrow, Shuttle Discovery [?] the Kennedy Space Station to close the Mir-Shuttle programme. At noon on June 8, Discovery [?] from Mir. It is the last American mission to the Russian space station.

Written by Caitlin Myles