Salyut 1 launched unmanned from the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971. Two days later, Soyuz 10 lifted off, carrying a crew of three toward the space station with the intention of remaining in space ...

Salyut 1 (DOS-1): Firsts And Tragedy Salyut 1 and Soyuz spacecraft. In contrast to today’s space stations made up of multiple modules, the first Salyuts were monolithic.

Salyut 1 marked the first time the docking and internal transfer system on a space station were used. The first humans to board it were Russian cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov, ...

Salyut 1. The world’s first space station, Salyut 1 was launched on 19 April 1971. It spent only 175 days in orbit before it burned up in the atmosphere.

Salyut, variously translated as “salute” or “firework,” was a Soviet program that ran from 1971 to 1986 and included the world’s first space station, Salyut 1.

Salyut-1’s crew also studied Earth’s geology and weather from above and studied the electromagnetic environment in space. Cosmonaut Viktor Patsayev became the first person to use a telescope ...

On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the world's first space station, Salyut 1. This space station was a modified version of the Soviet Union's Almaz space station, which was part of a ...

The interior of Salyut 1 space station with the hatchway leading to the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Soyuz 11 launched on June 6, 1971.