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The Russian space station Mir was orbiting the Earth normally Monday, despite the second failure of its main computer in a week, officials said.
Mission Control spokesman Vera Medvedkova said the breakdown occurred Saturday morning in two units of a new computer installed in October.
The units were replaced early Sunday with replacements delivered to the space station in October.
Vladimir Bronets, a computer expert at the firm that built Mir, said the computer and replacement units are suffering from old age.
He said it isn’t clear how long the replacement units, which are reconditioned, will last.
