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  • 24 December 1996: U.S. to Make Backup Systems For Russian Space Station Unit: NASA Seeks to Minimize Delay of International Project, by William Harwood, online at the Washington Post
  • 22 December 1996: Political considerations weigh heavily in Russian space station role, by Todd Halvorson, online at Florida Today
  • 22 December 1996: Let's try to keep Russia in space station project, A Florida Today editorial
  • 19 December 1996: Russia to Aid China's Crewed Space Effort, online at Science Now
  • 19 December 1996: Budget Woes Threaten Mir, AP, online at the Washington Post
  • 18 December 1996:The Russian Problem: Has the White House finally agreed on what to do about the Space Station?, by Keith Cowing

  • 18 December 1996: Chinese Astronauts inTraining, AP, online at the Washington Post
  • 18 December 1996: Russian Satellite Launch Nixed, AP, online at the Washington Post
  • 16 December 1996: Monkeys To Be Chosen For Orbit, AP, online at the Washington Post
  • 6 December 1996: Funding Crisis to Delay Occupation of Space Station, by William Harwood, online at the Washington Post
  • 5 December 1996: Space Station Occupants Late, by Marcia Dunn, AP, online at the Washington Post. The same article is online as "Russian snag will delay space station mission" at CNN

  • 4 December 1996: Service Module Update
  • 26 November 1996: Service Module Schedule Slip Plan Nearing Completion
  • 25 November 1996: What REALLY Happened to Mars96? Roald Sagdeev has "been there, done that" and might just know, by Keith Cowing, Reston Communications.

  • 24 November 1996: Signs of Life in the Russian Space Program, by Roald Sagdeev and Susan Eisenhower, online at the Washington Post

  • 22 November 1996: Russia's Space Woes Grow, by Greg Myre, AP, online at the Washington Post
  • 22 November 1996: Russian Ship Docks With Mir, AP, online at the Washington Post
  • 20 November 1996: Cargo Launched To Russian Mir, AP, online at the Washington Post
  • 19 November 1996: Russian Spaceprobe Crashes Near Australia online at RIA-Novosti
  • 19 November 1996: A Hard Landing for Russiaonline at the Washington Post
  • 18 November 1996: Errant Russian Spacecraft Crashes Harmlessly After Scaring Australia, by David Hoffman and Peter Baker online at the Washington Post
  • 17 November 1996: Solovyev is out; Gidzenko is in, and the Service Module is late: Crew Changes and Schedule Slips ahead for the Space Station Program, by Keith Cowing, Reston Communications.
  • 17 November 1996: Russian Mars Mission Fails, by Greg Myre, AP,online at the Washington Post
  • 17 November 1996: Russia Space Plans Now Bleak, by Greg Myre, AP, online at the Washington Post
  • 15 November 1996: Report: Russia Loses Sky Spy, AP, online at the Washington Post
  • 12 November 1996: Even Orbiting Cosmonauts Occasionally Need a Plumber: Mir Toilet Tanks Full and No Helper at Hand, by Uli Schmetzer Chicago Tribune, online at the Washington Post

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