Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
Yes, what's going on with that space station really? Am I right to think that the new "International Space Station" is in fact the old space station "Mir"? And why are the space flight launched from the old Soviet launching location in Kazakhstan? How come Russia is able to run a space program but not the USA? I am not up to speed on this! Should be a thread about this really, it's interesting.
The old space station has been taken out from the orbit directly to the ocean
The new International Space Station is actually new and it's international, built on money of several countries
Russia is still the most experienced country in space programs