SPACE — On April 3, 1973, the Soviet Union launched a small space station called Salyut 2. This was the second successful launch of the space station, after Salyut 1, and became the first military space station of the universe.
The Soviet Union informed the whole world that Salyut 2 was a civilian space station built for scientific research. But according to the US, they secretly made it a manned military reconnaissance station. However, none of the crew made it to Salyut 2.
Less than two weeks after launch, its control system stopped working, and it began drifting incoherently through outer space. Mission control noticed that the pressure inside the station was dropping for no apparent reason.
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Later, it was discovered that a small explosion occurred in the station’s propulsion system a few days before the pressure drop in the station. The damaged station slowly broke apart. Pieces of Salyut 2 fell back to Earth and burned up in the atmosphere. Source: Space.com
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