In 1991, Sergei Krikalev was orbiting Earth aboard the Mir space station when the Soviet Union collapsed beneath him. This video tells the remarkable story of how a cosmonaut became stranded in space ...

In 1991, Sergei Krikalev was aboard the Mir space station when the Soviet Union collapsed beneath him. This is the story of how he became the last Soviet citizen in space, endured months of ...

THIS MONTH, a crew of three is scheduled to begin living aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut William M. Shep-herd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, will ...

On November 2, 2000, the International Space Station welcomed its first long-term residents: NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev. ‘On This Day in ...

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Twelve years ago, Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev made history by becoming the first crew to live and work on the International Space Station. On Nov. 2, 2000, Expedition 1 docked ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even a moment’s pause. With only five years left at the scientific outpost, NASA is ...