(23 Sep 1997) T/I: 11:24:19
The crew of the ailing Russian space station Mir may have to switch on extra thrusters to stabilise the damaged space station during docking with the American shuttle, Russian space officials announced Tuesday (23/09).
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RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL, RUSSIA
00.00 WS exterior of building
00.05 Sot in Russian Victor Blagov "We decided to think up another plan for emergency docking. We came up with something - we need to work on it a bit more. With the help of the Soyuz - as we usually do to shift the station back into orientation, in this way we want to stabilise the space station for a short time when the shuttle is near, in case there is an unpleasant situation. That's, of course, not likely, but we do have this plan. And they (the Americans) think this is enough."
00.25 MS and pan left car driving out of car park.
00.33 Sot in Russian Vladimir Lobachev "We are working to plan, on the 26th we will watch the shuttle taking off and on the 27th we will dock. The launch countdown for the shuttle has already begun. We talk to them (the Americans) all the time, so there are no problems."
00.52 WS officials getting into car and driving off
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