Farewell Mir mission extended five days

Russia has extended by five days the Mir space station mission by cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev, Sergei Avdeyev and Jean-Pierre Haignere. The crew, of what will probably be the last Mir mission, was scheduled to return to earth on 23 August.

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