Mir Crew Again Repairs Computer
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The three-man Russian-U.S. crew aboard the troubled Mir space station managed to repair the main computer, whose failure had caused the craft to lose its orientation and spin chaotically in orbit. But Viktor Blagov, deputy flight director at Mission Control outside Moscow, said that further tests would be necessary before the crew could be completely sure it was functioning normally.
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