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Jun 20, 2024 · Salyut 7 was a second-generation Soviet space station. Its overall structure and operational activities were very similar to Salyut 6. It had two docking ports, one on either end of the station, to allow docking with the Progress unmanned resupply craft, and a wider front docking port to allow safer docking with a Heavy Cosmos module.
Jun 7, 2024 · The Soviet program achieved the operationally significant milestone of reoccupying a space station in 1975 when two crews lived aboard Salyut 4 for 30 and 63 days, respectively, and conducted scientific experiments.
Jun 5, 2024 · Salyut 7 facilitated new records of 211 days in December 1982 with its first crew arriving on the Soyuz T5, and of 237 days when Leonid Kizim, Vladimir Soloviev, and Olef Atkov ended their...
3 days ago · In September 1983, a Soyuz rocket being launched to carry cosmonauts to the Salyut 7 space station exploded on the pad, causing the Soyuz capsule's abort system to engage, saving the two cosmonauts on board.
Jun 17, 2024 · The 7-metre- (23-foot-) long, seven-metric-ton vehicle comprises three modules joined in line—a central, bell-shaped descent module with contoured couches for as many as three persons during ascent, descent, and landing; a cylindrical service module mounted at the rear that provides propulsion, life support, and electrical power; and a spheroida...
Jun 14, 2024 · Space exploration - Astronauts, Missions, Decade: Crewed spaceflights during the 1980s are listed chronologically in the table.
4 days ago · Salyut 6 was a second-generation (along with Salyut 7) Soviet space station. With Salyut 6, the Soviet space station program evolved from short-duration to long-duration stays. It was launched unmanned and crews arrived later in Soyuz spacecraft. It had two docking ports.
