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A space crash

In June 1997 a resupply vessel crashed into the Mir space station. It was the worst collision in the history of space flight. Michael Foale was one of the astronauts on board.

Michael Foale was on board the Mir space station when a resupply vessel crashed into it in June 1997. It was the worst collision in the history of space flight and it sent Mir spinning out of control. Michael was one of the three astronauts who had to try to repair the damage and get the space station back on course. In 2016 he told Alex Last about their ordeal.

This programme is a rebroadcast.

Photo: Mir Space Station. Credit: Getty Images.

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