Modular space station operated by the Soviet Union and later Russia in near Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001. At the end of its life, it was deliberately de-orbited and broke apart during re-entry over the South Pacific Ocean, in 2001.
Mir (Space station)
There are 5 related items to this topic
Image
Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :42 original cartoons published in the Dominion between 1990 and...
Date: 1990 - 2002
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)
Reference: A-366-054/095
Description: Cartoons on places in New Zealand and overseas relating to political and social issues, Maori language, the Treaty of Waitangi and Waitangi Day, and The Lord of the Rings movies. Quantity: 42 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt pen drawings on paper, sizes vary.
Image
Winter, Mark 1958- :'Young Benjamin makes a dialogue adjustment for his wise man's char...
Date: 2000
From: Winter, Mark 1958- :14 copies of cartoons published between between January 2000 and 23 March 2001 variously in the Southland Times and the PSA Journal.
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: H-641-014
Description: Shows one of the three wise men giving his speech with interjections from one of the other wise men. Into this scene the space station Mir crashes. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies black and white photocopy. Physical Description: A4 photocopy
Image
Scott, Tom, 1947- :85 cartoon bromides published in the Evening Post between 2 February...
Date: 2000
By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-
Reference: H-648-001/085
Description: 85 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include cricketers, PM's avoidance of Waitangi Day protests, Treaty of Waitangi signing 1840, Maori sovereignty, Israel's hard line on Palestine, perils of being a child in NZ, Rugby sevens, Fiji's lack of moral fibre, genetic relationship between humans and slugs, corporate savaging of small shareholders, dairy farmers play down record returns, farmer reaction to vet strike, People's Bank documents leaked, Anderton looks for way to get rid of Phillida Bunkle, cricket rules questioned, possible beaurocracy of Kiwi Bank, NZ Post attempts to gag Richard Prebble, Bunkle and Hobbs on political scrap-heap, NZ rich list, possum damage Australian tax payer responsibility, cricket match-fixing, Bunkle unlikely to get back into Cabinet, extended rugby season not cricket, Kiwi Bank customers may bring their debt with them, Super-12 referees, census forms, British border control officials under fire, NZ scenery blocked by pine trees, ACT conservation policy - eat Kiwis, Germans announce NZ sheep have scrapies, Winstone Peters argues against opinion polls, RCD farmers support border control of foot-and-mouth, TVNZ presenters fight amongst themselves, Helen Clark and her husband communicate via e-mail, Clark defends and attacks her husband, CNN broadcasts incorrect information about NZ cases of foot-and-mouth disease, skyhawks put out to pasture, Clark and Shipley fight it out, MIR space station breaks up, Hobbs on the rack, Air Force apologise to Clark, Clark wins 'scariest skirt' award, George W Bush's stance on carbon dioxide emissions, Jonathon Hunt fails to name drunken MP's, Milosovich faces punishment, Clark and Anderton negotiate deal to get rid of Bunkle, Bush's foreign policy stance escalates world tensions, women in leadership roles - men ponder their choices, Bush questions the colour of 'red China', Tiger Woods - king of the golf world, Clark hot and cold on America, Shipley faces political crisis, schizophrenic flatmates, Ansett NZ maintenance, Anderton farmers' favourite, schizophrenic flatmates, cervical screening and justice, Rankin missed by bomb on WINZ building, message from Qantas NZ, airline collapses while owner plays golf, dawn parade 2030, Saturn TV, Bush armwrestles Chinese dragon, King and budget decisions, air ticket competition, US impose tariffs on NZ farmers, white house and star wars, Hurricanes fans pray for victory, Clark axes skyhawks, Hitler and Hirohito and Clark, female, sex and animals, arms race history, TVNZ internal affairs, Clark and Blair campaigns, McVeigh dies in Oklahoma, Clark out of touch, Peters makes a come-back, burning effigies, global warming, Dairy Board merger, Maori Party, taxing home ownership, soya sauce scare, Bob Dylan on Radio NZ, importance of appearance in the public service. 85 H-648-033 misrecorded as a Tom Scott cartoon when it is in fact a Garrick Tremain. Refiled H-645 series. Quantity: 85 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 bromides
Image
Tremain, Garrick 1941-:49 cartoon photocopies published in the Otago Daily Times betwee...
Date: 2001
By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: H-645-001/049
Description: 49 cartoons on political and social subjects published in the Otago Daily Times. Quantity: 49 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies
Online
Image
Evans, Malcolm 1945-:New global economic order. New Zealand Herald, 19 March 2001.
Date: 2001
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DX-002-006
Description: A disintegrating satellite labelled 'New Global Economic Order' is on a collision course with earth. The cartoonist comments in the bottom left hand corner 'Space Junk'. Relates the effects of 'globalisation' to the break-up of the Russian satellite 'Mir' in its descent to earth. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).