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Russian rocket launcher Soyuz-U with cargo ship Progress-M undergoes preparations for the launch at Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday, Jan. 15, 2001. The Russian government has tentatively set March 6, 2001, as the date for destruction of the Mir space station in a controlled collision with Earth's atmosphere, and Progress-M would be launched on Jan. 18 to get fuel to the Mir for that operation. (AP Photo/ ITAR-TASS, Sergei Cossack) COMMERCIAL ONLINE OUT, , JAPAN OUT