Mir Status Report 3 March 2001

Mission Control Center

TsNIIMash [Central Scientific Research Machine Building Institute]

Rosaviakosmos [Russian Aviation and Space Agency]

Moscow, Russia

Press release: March 03, 2001, 09:00 (Moscow time) [06:00 UTC]

The operations scheduled on OC [Orbital Complex] “Mir” for March 2-3 are
complete.

The onboard systems of the Station and the cargo ship checked out, the
orbit monitoring performed.

The Station remains pressurized, the onboard systems perform norminal.
The OC “Mir” is spinning in a free drift with its solar arrays generating
enough electricity.

The OC “Mir” onboard systems will be checked out and orbit monitoring is
scheduled for 3-4 March.

The next press release will be issued on 04 March 2001.