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Mir
Mir
(, ; lit.
Peace
[homonym: world]) was a
space station
that operated in
low Earth orbit
from 1986 to 2001, owned by the
Soviet Union
and later by
Russia
.
Mir
was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater mass than any previous spacecraft. Until 21 March 2001 it was the largest
artificial satellite
in orbit, succeeded by the
International Space Station
after Mir's
orbit decayed
. The station served as a
microgravity
research
laboratory
in which crews conducted
experiments
in
biology
,
human biology
,
physics
,
astronomy
,
meteorology
and spacecraft systems with a goal of developing technologies required for permanent occupation of
space
.
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Mir (disambiguation)
Mir
was a space station owned by the Soviet Union and later by Russia.
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Musiktheater im Revier
Musiktheater im Revier
(MiR) (Music Theatre in the
Ruhr
) is the venue for performing
opera
,
operetta
,
musical theatre
and
ballet
in
Gelsenkirchen
, Germany. It opened on 15 December 1959; it is listed since 1997 as a protected
cultural monument
.
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