AviationNow.com Reports Mir Space Station Backer Signs for New Funding.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2000 AviationNow.com reports that MirCorp, backer of the Mir Space Station, signed a deal today with its investors for tens of millions of dollars in new funds to pay for the current manned mission A manned mission is usually in reference to launching a human into orbit or to astronomical destinations, such as planetary bodies or other star systems. Humans have so far only traveled to the moon under the United States' NASA, though the Soviet Union has launched first manned , including repairs, and another scheduled for September. The company told AN.C it plans to generate new revenues from traditional space work, along with less traditional sources such as entertainment and manufacturing. For the full story, use AviationNow.com, the aviation/aerospace portal offering real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. news, features and data resources, plus unique interactive services and e-business utilities. AviationNow.com is produced by the Aviation Week division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MHP MHP Multimedia Home Platform (consumer electronics) MHP Milliyetci Hareket Partisi (Turkish: National People's Party) MHP Mobile Home Park (district) MHP Maximum Human Performance ). |
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