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Salyut 2
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Salyut 2, 3 and 5
the worlds first military space stations
the Almaz was the Soviet manned
observation post and spy satellite and
was equipped with high speed aviation 23 mm cannon
| 03 04 1973 | Salyut 2
Almaz 1 |
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After 11 days the station exploded and it was never occupied
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| 25 06 1974 | Salyut 3
Almaz 2 |
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Achieved orbit successfully, one crew occupied for two weeks, another failed to dock, deorbited Jan 75
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Soyuz space missions to Salyut 3
| 03 07 1974 | Soyuz 14
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Popovitch Artyukin |
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Docked and occupied station for 2 weeks
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| 26 08 1974 | Soyuz 15
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Sarafanov
Demin |
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Failed to rendezvous with Salyut 3 and returned to earth
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| 22 06 1976 | Salyut 5
Almaz 3 |
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Achieved orbit successfully, one crew occupied for 48 days and hurriedly evacuated, the next crew failed to dock and the last crew replaced the air supply in the station before entering and stayed for 18 days before leaving. deorbited Aug 28 1977 |
Soyuz space missions to Salyut 5
| 06 07 1976 | Soyuz 21
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Volnyov Zholobov |
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Docked manually and occupied station for 48 days before leaving hurriedly, landed at night far from landing zone
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| 14 10 1976 | Soyuz 23
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Zudov Rozhdestvensky |
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Failed to dock, night landing in icy lake, crew survived
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| 07 02 1977 | Soyuz 24
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Gorbatko Glazhkov |
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Docked and changed air in station before entering, stayed 18 days
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Man In Space
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