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==Vika on Mir==

[[Image:Linenger in Respirator.jpg|thumb|right|Astronaut [[Jerry Linenger]] wearing a respirator mask following the 1997 fire aboard ''Mir'' from an SFOG fire|alt=A man holding a piece of hose floats in front of a selection of transient space station hardware. He is wearing a gray-and-yellow plastic mask over his mouth and nose, a pair of goggles above his eyes, and a blue jumpsuit with a name patch on it.]]

Vika was used on Mir when more than three people were on board.<ref name=david>[{{cite book|author=David M. Harland|title=The Story of the Space Shuttle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FUtZwjleT3kC&pg=PA270&lpg|year=PA270&dq2004|publisher=Vika+oxygen&source=bl&ots=c1ojtq99y3&sig=hduoB3ZcMFuPLPh4EWPy1hiWq-0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xATsTpL5K4Xhtgfi0IimCg&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Vika%20oxygen&f=falseSpringer DavidScience Michael& HarlandBusiness Media|isbn=978- '''The story of the space shuttle''' (2004) 1- Page 85233-793-3|page=270] (Google Books link)}}</ref> Vika needs a supply of canisters to work, which must be flown into space.<ref name=david/> An example of this is [[Progress M-34]], which carried 60 canisters to Mir in 1997 along with other cargo.<ref name=david/> If ''Vika'' and ''Elektron'' stopped working, the station would have to rely on a limited supply of bottled oxygen.<ref name=david/>

{{quote box|width=22em|The fire was a “raging blowtorch" .. |—Mir crewmember onboard during the fire<ref name=ellis/>}}