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MIR Station News Conference Report

📅 6 December 1990 📍 MIR station 🏛 MOSCOW TELEVISION SERVICE 📄 News transcript
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TL;DR

A 1990 news transcript reports on a Soviet-Japanese mission to the MIR space station. During the mission, cosmonaut Gennadiy Mikhaylovich Strekalov observed an unidentified object, which he later identified as likely being an aerostat casing.

This document is a transcript of a news broadcast from the Moscow Television Service, dated December 6, 1990. The report covers a news conference held by participants of a joint Soviet-Japanese mission aboard the MIR space station. The broadcast details the experiences of the crew, including backup crew member Ryoko Kikuchi and cosmonaut Musa Manarov, who discussed the adaptation process to weightlessness. A significant portion of the report focuses on a statement made by cosmonaut Gennadiy Mikhaylovich Strekalov. Strekalov reported observing an unidentified object while in orbit. After analysis, he concluded that the object was likely a casing from an aerostat. The broadcast also features comments from Japanese journalist Toyohiro Akiyama, who reflected on the appearance of the Earth from space, referencing Yuriy Gagarin's description of the planet as a 'beautiful pale blue globe.' The document concludes with a brief note stating that U.S. astronauts were able to observe the spacecraft carrying the Soviet-Japanese crew as it approached the MIR station.

GENNADIY MIKHAYLOVICH STREKALOV DESCRIBED WHAT CRYSTALS HAD BEEN PRODUCED IN SPACE AND WHAT HAD BEEN DISPATCHED TO EARTH. HE THEN ADDED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED AN OBJECT WHICH HE AT FIRST TOOK TO BE AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT, UNTIL HE WORKED OUT THAT IT MUST BE SOMETHING LIKE A CASING FROM AN AEROSTAT.

Official Assessment

Gennadiy Mikhaylovich Strekalov worked out that it must be something like a casing from an aerostat.

A cosmonaut observed an unidentified object while in orbit, which was later identified as likely being an aerostat casing.

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