Raphael Saint George and the Dragon painting

Raphael Saint George and the Dragon painting
Pablo Picasso The Old Guitarist painting
The incident sparked fears of an uncontrolled return to earth by the 130-ton Mir with possible catastrophic consequences if debris struck populated regions. Solovyov moved to quash such concerns: "There is no threat. Mir will not fall on our heads tomorrow nor on New Year's."He said a sudden discharge of all batteries aboard Mir was responsible for the communications breakdown but what had caused the loss of power remained a mystery. The batteries were now accumulating energy. Once they are fully charged, computers will start checking equipment on board to identify the fault, he said. Mir, to be dumped in the Pacific Ocean late February, was in a safe orbit some 200 miles above earth, but Solovyov acknowledged that the hitch was one of the most serious during the station's record-breaking 14-year voyage