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.

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.