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25/06/1997 Russian cargo spacecraft collides with space station

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Progress M-34 collides with Mir

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Mir Deorbit (Animation)

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The Hot Mess That Was the Mir Space Station

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Mir Spacecraft Worst collision in the history of space flight BBC News

Docked via remote control, unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft accidentally rammed into the Spektr science module of the MIR station. The collision resulted in a hole in the pressure vessel and damaged solar arrays beyond use. To salvage the station, which consisted of a core, a connecting node, and five science modules, crew members severed electrical and data connections between Spektr and the rest of the station and then sealed off the module. They saved the station but lost about half of their electrical power.