This is a detailed interview with former NASA astronaut, Michael Foale, which covers his time on the Russian Mir space station, including the collision with an unmanned spacecraft which severely damaged Mir in 1997 (starting on page 9 of the interview PDF), and the difficulties the crew had in surviving, repairing and recovering from that<p>Previously: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11959781" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11959781</a><p>Video interview with Mike Foale: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-36549109" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-36549109</a><p>Video interview with Cosmonaut Alexandr 'Sasha' Lazutkin: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p028l07k" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p028l07k</a>