Mir
AgencySoviet Union/Roscosmos
Year1986-2001
TypeEarth orbit
RocketProton rocket
CountryUSSR/Russia
About the Mission
The first modular space station, continuously inhabited for nearly 10 years. Survived a fire and a collision with a supply ship. The US Space Shuttle docked with it 9 times. Deorbited over the Pacific in 2001. A cosmonaut stayed for 437 consecutive days, a record that still stands.
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