Witness History: Witness Archive 2016 - Space Crash

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Michael Foale was on board the Mir space station when a resupply vessel crashed into it in June 1997. It was worst collision in the history of space flight and it sent Mir spinning out of control. Michael was one of the three astronauts on board who had to try to repair the damage and get the space station back on course.

Photo: Mir Space Station. Credit: Getty Images.

Published on Wednesday, 22nd June 2016.

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