"Mir space lab currently being operated by US and Russia." ??? MIR has been decommissioned on 21 March 2001 and it was managed by the then USSR and the present RUSSIA. It is ISS that is currently being operated by US and Russia
There is nothing worthwhile outer space. Of course some boost of human spirit is attained but this is hardly nationalistic or racial in nature. Countries dont have to attain it separately.