Diplomacy in space

... Russia's greatest technological and engineering achievement and paved the way for the International Space Station. Commissioned in 1986, the name MIR can be translated from Russian as "peace" and "world". This represented the promise of international cooperation. While the space station was built and operated by the Soviet Union, it became the property of the Roscosmos in 1991 after the Union’s collapse. The MIR space station was an early platform for cooperation among international scientists and served as a crossroads ...