American astronaut Michael Foale speaks with Russian Mission Control Center experts during a recorded television link in Korolyov July 15 1997. Foale was on a four-month mission as NASA's astronaut on the Russian Space Station Mir when it collided with a cargo ship in one of the worst accidents in space history. British-born Foale reflects on the hair-raising June 25, 1997, crash with remarkable calm today, recalling how beautiful the stars looked that night and how the accident bonded the crew.