At Mir Re-entry you can learn more about the controlled descent of Mir. According to astronomer Rick Citron, watching Mir break up as it enters the earth's atmosphere will be quite spectacular. To see Mir's descent, Heaven's Above has all the information you need to observe Mir and the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle and other satellites.
Many satellites are visible with the naked eye or with the aid of binoculars.
Select your location and choose the satellite you're interested in. Heaven's Above will display any visible passes in the next week and tell you when and where to look. Heaven's Above also contains detailed star charts showing each satellite's track through the skies. Mir isn't the first piece of space junk that has fallen back to Earth. In 1979, NASA's first space station, Skylab, re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris across southern Western Australia.