John William Waterhouse Ophelia painting

John William Waterhouse Ophelia painting
childe hassam At the Piano painting
Yuri Semyonov, head of the Energiya corporation that runs Mir, said the station's solar panels could be the cause of the problem. But speaking to Reuters he dismissed talk of a crisis."I would not stir up passions over this situation," he said. Mir was once the pride of the Russian space program, with a host of endurance records. But Moscow decided last month to dump the increasingly accident-prone vessel in late February -- shortly after its 15th birthday. Russia needs to maintain contact with the station, which has had no crew for months, if it is to orchestrate a controlled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. Ditching Mir into the Pacific between 900-1,200 miles off Australia requires guiding the station to ensure the bulk of its debris avoids populated areas.