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Mir (Russian: Мир, IPA: [ˈmʲir]; lit. 'peace' or 'world') was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater mass than any previous spacecraft.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin —the first person in outer space. The Soviet space program[ 2 ] (Russian: Космическая программа СССР, romanized:Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1955 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] Contrary to its ...
Nauka is the primary laboratory of the Russian Orbital Segment, operating in conjunction with the Mini-Research Modules Rassvet and Poisk. It is used to conduct experiments and store scientific instruments, and can also serve as a backup service module for the ISS. [1] [2] [3] Nauka is based on the Functional Cargo Block (FGB) design.
Russian space agency Roscosmos said that coolant leaked from an external backup radiator for Russia's new science lab. “The crew and the station aren’t in any danger,” Roscosmos said.
Skylab. Skylab as photographed by its departing final crew (Skylab 4). Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched by NASA, [3] occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4.
The State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos" (Russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (Russian: Роскосмос), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
It was formerly known as the Space Research Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian abbr.: ИКИ АН СССР, IKI AN SSSR). It is usually known by the shorter name Space Research Institute and especially by the initialism IKI. The institute is located in Moscow with a staff of 289 scientists. It conducts scientific research in the ...
Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Cosmodrome's "Gagarin's Start" launchpad on 10 October 2008, prior to the rollout of Soyuz TMA-13. The Baikonur Cosmodrome[a] is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. [1]