Word: mishaps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mishap last summer was the most troubling incident in a troubling year for the geriatric Mir. Already the 11-year-old ship had experienced a breakdown in its oxygen system, a series of leaks in its cooling system and an onboard fire. In the months following the collision, there were power blackouts, repeated failures in the ship's flickering computer and even an alarming irregularity in Tsibliyev's heartbeat...
...week's near-miss accident at cheerleading practice that rushed a student to the hospital highlighted an important problem for this gymnastic club sport: not having a coach may be flirting with disaster. Though a search by the team and the Athletic Department was underway before last week's mishap, we call on Harvard Athletics to step up their efforts to find a coach--fast...
...turned out to be just another technical glitch. The Russian Space Agency reported that the generators had overheated, but that the two cosmonauts and one astronaut had managed to cool them down again. After this latest mishap the crew settled down for a good night's sleep...
...rescue of Mir today. Commander Anatoly Solovyov and flight engineer Pavel Vinogradov are racing to the troubled space station to perform vital repairs ? and they were never more needed. True to form, Mir's oxygen generators broke down this morning. TIME's Dick Thompson says this latest mishap is no cause for alarm: "To the Russians, this is just life as normal," he says. The two cosmonauts are expected to dock Thursday...
...rescue of Mir today. Commander Anatoly Solovyov and flight engineer Pavel Vinogradov are racing to the troubled space station to perform vital repairs ? and they were never more needed. True to form, Mir's oxygen generators broke down this morning. TIME's Dick Thompson says this latest mishap is no cause for alarm: "To the Russians, this is just life as normal," he says. The two cosmonauts are expected to dock Thursday...