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Unidentified ground controllers work in the Russian Mission Control in Korolyov, on Moscow's northeastern outskirts, Friday, March 23, 2001. The Progress cargo ship attached to Mir successfully fired its rockets early Friday at the start of the final six-hour sequence that will end the aging orbiter's 15 years in space with a fiery plunge into the South Pacific. (AP Photo/ Maxim Marmur)