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Salyut 7
On February 7, 1991 reentry of the USSR's Salyut 7 space station, with a mass of 36,700 kg, occurred over a populated region. Soviet ground controllers attempted to control the space station's reentry for impact in the Atlantic Ocean. However, their efforts were unsuccessful. Salyut 7 reentered over Argentina, scattering much of its debris over the town of Capitan Bermudez, 400 km from Buenos Aires.
Highlighting Point |
It stayed in orbit for approximately nine years, conducted nine cosmonaut crews and spent more than 800 days inhabited. |
Launched |
April 19, 1982 |
Launched From |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam |
Mass |
18900 Kilograms |
Instruments Carried |
It had three solar panels mounted to the outside, but unlike Salyut 6, there was now the ability to mount secondary panels on their sides thus making it technologically advance. Two docking ports were located on opposite ends of the station -- one for Progress resupply vehicles and another wider one for Heavy Cosmos modules. |
Crews Visited |
- Cosmonauts Anatolian Berezovoi and Valentin Lebedev spent 211 days in space in 1982.
- This station was also visited by 2 important women, Svetlana Savitskaya and Helen Sharman
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Country |
U.S.S.R. |
Duration |
Nine years |
Interesting Facts |
Helen Sharman remains the only British astronaut ever sent into space. |
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