Russia’s government decided at its today’s meeting to allocate 750mn roubles for the launch of two Progress cargo spaceships to be docked to the Mir space station, Vice-Premier Ilya Klebanov has said. In his words, launching of two cargo spaceships is necessary for maintaining the Mir’s functioning and its manageable de-orbiting. The government is due to finally decide on the Mir’s fate by late-February, Mr. Klebanov added.
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