386955 01: Computer simulated images illustrate Mir's descent and breakup as it enters the Earth's atmosphere, March 21, 2001. Cosmonauts assembled Mir during a ten year period beginning in 1986. Five ...

Microglia participate in innate inflammatory responses within the central nervous system. The highly conserved microRNA-9 (miR-9) plays critical roles in neurogenesis as well as axonal extension. Its ...

Mir was a space station that operated for more than 15 years in low Earth orbit. The design was conceived under the Soviet Union, and the station continued work under Russia after the union fell apart ...

There were 24 minutes of oxygen left in the space station Mir. Michael Foale’s ears were popping from pressure loss as precious air hissed through a hole in the hull. He sat alone in Mir’s escape ...

Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union launched the core module for the space station Mir. Mir was the first modular space station assembled in orbit, finally completed in 1996. The spacecraft tripled its ...