Letters from a space station

What is it like to come face to face with death? Celebrated NASA astronaut Capt. Jerry Linenger, who was in Dubai recently, experienced this moment aboard the failing space station, Mir. It was a life-changing moment and he decided he needed to leave something behind for his son in case he never met him again.

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Jerry Linenger
What is it like to come face to face with death? Celebrated NASA astronaut Capt. Jerry Linenger, who was in Dubai recently, experienced this moment aboard the failing space station, Mir. It was a life-changing moment and he decided he needed to leave something behind for his son in case he never met him again. The result was a book
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