Part 1 Warming up B This event will be big news-as it should be!Since the Russians began building Mir in 1986,it has survived a fire, collisions with other spacecraft,and even attacks on its wiring by microbes that ate metal and glass!We have learned a lot from Mir about how to live and work in space. The Russian Space Agency guided Mir back to Earth on March 23rd.Fragments of the huge spacecraft splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean just as ground controllers had planned.It was a flawless re-entry.No one was hurt. Mir was truly a remarkable achievement of human ingenuity, breaking uncounted records for human spaceflight.The Mir is gone but will never be forgotten. Part 1 Warming up B This event will be big news—as it should be! Since the Russians began building Mir in 1986, it has survived a fire, collisions with other spacecraft, and even attacks on its wiring by microbes that ate metal and glass! We have learned a lot from Mir about how to live and work in space. The Russian Space Agency guided Mir back to Earth on March 23rd. Fragments of the huge spacecraft splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean just as ground controllers had planned. It was a flawless re-entry. No one was hurt. Mir was truly a remarkable achievement of human ingenuity, breaking uncounted records for human spaceflight. The Mir is gone but will never be forgotten