SPACE — On September 29, 1977, the Salyut 6 space station was launched into orbit. This was the eighth space station launched by the Soviet Union under the Salyut program.
This spacecraft is also the first space station for the second generation Salyut. Unlike its predecessor, Salyut 6 is able to accommodate long-term manned missions.
During its five years of operation, a crew of 16 cosmonauts visited the station. The longest recorded human stay there is 185 days. The space station deorbited in 1982 and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere.
For your information, Salyut was the first and only space station program run solely by the Soviet Union. The program also cemented the country as a winner in the space race with the United States.
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It wasn’t until the late 1990s that the International Space Station (ISS) went into orbit. The program designed by the US was a collective work from various countries, especially Russia, which was a fragment of the former Soviet Union. Source: Live Science
2023-09-29 16:15:00
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