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Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir (ISBN 0-88730-783-3) is a 1999 book by Bryan Burrough about the Russian Mir space station and the cosmonauts and astronauts who served aboard. The story centres on astronaut Jerry Linenger and the events on the Shuttle and Mir Space Programme in 1997 .
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The 52nd of 64 Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, [2] and had the serial number 234. [3] It carried supplies including food, water, and oxygen for the EO-23 crew aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing maneuvers.
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This is a chronological list of principal expeditions to Mir, a Soviet/Russian space station in low Earth orbit from 1986–2001. All principal Mir crews (those that were resident long-term on the station) were named "Mir EO- n " , where EO stands for Expedition Operations, and the n is sequentially increased with each expedition.
The common whitetail or long-tailed skimmer (Plathemis lydia) is a common dragonfly across much of North America, with a striking and unusual appearance.The male's chunky white body (about 5 cm or 2 inches long), combined with the brownish-black bands on its otherwise translucent wings, give it a checkered look.
A fairly large dragonfly, the Amazon darner reaches between 70 and 74 millimeters in length, with hindwing measurements between 48 and 52 millimeters. [3] The face of this dragonfly is green and is marked with a single dark triangle on the top of the frons.
Data from Cliche and Purdy General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Wing area: 500 sq ft (46 m 2) Empty weight: 300 lb (136 kg) Gross weight: 800 lb (363 kg) Fuel capacity: 8 U.S. gallons (30 L; 6.7 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 twin cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 30 mph (48 km/h, 26 kn) Cruise speed: 26 mph (42 ...