images

Mir station solar panel damaged

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-mir07-30003

Date

2006-10-22

The Russia's Mir Space Station's Spektr Module shows damage incurred by the impact of a Russian unmanned Progress re-supply ship with collided with the space station on June 25, 1997, causing Spektr to depressurize. This picture was made with a 35mm camera during a fly-around by the Space Shuttle Atlantis following the conclusion of joint docking activities between the Mir-24 and STS-86 crews. Oct 01 1997.