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