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Salyut 3 (Russian: Салют-3, lit. 'Salute 3', also known as OPS-2 [1] or Almaz 2 [2]) was a Soviet space station launched on 25 June 1974. It was the second Almaz military space station, and the first such station to be launched successfully. [2]
Russia has the corner on guns in space – MSNBC, Feb. 12, 2008; TP-82 : Russian space pistol / shotgun / carbine / flare gun no longer being carried into space (with photos) – The Firearm Blog; Soviet cosmonauts carried a shotgun into space; The TOZ-81 'Mars' Gun Was The Soviet Union's Ultimate Space Revolver, including information on the TP-82
Line drawing of an Almaz space station Almaz space station at VDNKh (Russia) The Almaz (Russian: Алмаз, lit. 'Diamond') program was a highly secret Soviet military space station program, begun in the early 1960s. Three crewed military reconnaissance stations were launched between 1973 and 1976: Salyut 2, Salyut 3 and Salyut 5.
Five astronauts aboard the International Space Station were forced to take shelter and three astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station were endangered by the resulting debris cloud. [3] The Federal Air Transport Agency filed an airspace notice over Plesetsk Cosmodrome that morning; [ 4 ] Federal Assembly committee on defense chair Yury ...
The Salyut programme (Russian: Салют, IPA:, meaning "salute" or "fireworks") was the first space station programme, undertaken by the Soviet Union.It involved a series of four crewed scientific research space stations and two crewed military reconnaissance space stations over a period of 15 years, from 1971 to 1986.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an ...
Salyut 2 was an Almaz military space station. [2] It was designated part of the Salyut programme in order to conceal the existence of the two separate space station programmes. [3] Salyut 2 was 14.55 metres (47.7 ft) long with a diameter of 4.15 metres (13.6 ft), [4] [5] [6] and had an internal habitable volume of 90 cubic metres (3,200 cu ft).
All Russian human spaceflight missions thus far have been carried out using the Soyuz vehicle, and all visited either Mir or the International Space Station. The Roscosmos program is the successor to the Soviet space program. Numeration of the Soyuz flights therefore continues from previous Soviet Soyuz launches.