Mir Principal Expedition 20 launch from Baikonur, Russia

Mir 20 was a harbinger of the
multinational missions that will be typical of international Space Station. It was the second Mir mission with a simultaneous Euromir designation, the second with an ESA astronaut as part of the crew. (Ulf Merbold, the first ESA
astronaut aboard Mir, conducted Euromir 94 in October and November of 1994.)
Thomas Reiter was the first non-Russian Mir crew member with the designation Flight Engineer. The scientific objectives of Euromir 95 were to study effects of microgravity on the human body, to experiment with the development on new materials in a space environment, to capture samples of cosmic dust and man-made particles in low Earth orbit, and to test new space
equipment. Mir 20 was also the second Mir mission to include a U.S. Space Shuttle Orbiter docking. During that phase of the mission, the station complex housed crews from four countries, representing the Russian, Canadian, and U.S. space agencies as well as ESA.

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[otebig]

Russia controls Baikonur, though. They leased it from Kazakhstan. You even use Russian money there.

[bakarov]

good luck comrade =)

[scwarzewaffe85]

kazakhstan has camels?

[scpmr]

it uses kerosene and liquid oxygen

[mugsytop]

I wonder what fuel it is,its almost smokeless and red flame.

[jbat001]

Er, Baikonur is in Kazakhstan, not Russia...

[SOCIALISMOEUROPEOHCO]

good job,wonderful russia¡great¡