MOS2001032305 - 23 MARCH 2001 - KOROLYOV, RUSSIA: Chief of Russia's mission control and member of the first Mir crew Vladimir Solovyov considers a question at a press conference following the operation to discard the Mir space station at the Russian Mission Control in Korolyov, on Moscow's northeastern outskirts March 23, 2001. Russian controllers successfully sent the 15-year-old station into a target zone in the South Pacific Ocean. mk/ml/Michael Levkin UPI