Mir space station

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Mir was a Soviet and later Russian modular space station that served as a long-term microgravity research laboratory in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mir space station canonical 16
Mir space station replica 1

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Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf modular space station
orbital space station
space station
apogeeAltitude approximately 374 km
coreModuleLaunchDate 1986-02-20
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crewCapacity up to 6
deorbitDate 2001-03-23
deorbitMethod controlled reentry
designLife 5 years
dockingSystem APAS-89
APAS-89
surface form: APAS-95

Soviet probe-and-drogue
firstCommander Leonid Kizim
firstCrewArrivalDate 1986-03-15
firstCrewMember Vladimir Solovyov
firstCrewMission Soyuz T-15
firstModule Mir core module
internationalProgram Shuttle–Mir Program
languageOfName Russian
launchCountry Kazakh SSR
launchDate 1986-02-20
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
launchVehicle Proton rocket
surface form: Proton-K rocket
longestSingleStayRecord 437.7 days
massAtEndOfLife about 130,000 kg
meaningOfName peace
world
module Kristall
Kvant docking module
Kvant-1
Kvant-2
Mir core module
Priroda
Spektr
notableAccident 1997-02-23 onboard fire
1997-06-25 Progress M-34 collision
notableAstronaut Andrew Thomas
David Wolf
Jerry Linenger
Michael Foale
Norman E. Thagard
surface form: Norman Thagard

Shannon Lucid
notableCosmonaut Aleksandr Viktorenko
Anatoly Solovyev
Sergei K. Krikalev
surface form: Sergei Krikalev
operationalDuration about 15 years
operator Roscosmos
surface form: Roskosmos

Roscosmos
surface form: Russian space program

Soviet space program
orbitInclination 51.6 degrees
orbitPeriod about 92 minutes
orbitType low Earth orbit
perigeeAltitude approximately 354 km
powerSource solar panels
predecessor Salyut 7
pressurizedVolume about 350 cubic meters
primaryPurpose long-duration human spaceflight
microgravity research
recordHolder Valeri Polyakov
reentryLocation South Pacific Ocean
researchField Earth observation
astrophysics
materials science
space medicine
status deorbited
successor International Space Station program
surface form: International Space Station
typicalCrewSize 3
visitedBy Progress spacecraft
Soyuz spacecraft
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle Endeavour

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Space Shuttle Discovery visitedDestination Mir space station
Progress spacecraft primaryDestination Mir space station
Helen Sharman wasOnBoard Mir space station
Cité de l’espace hasExhibit Mir space station
this entity surface form: Mir space station replica
Ulf Merbold wasAboard Mir space station
Andrew Thomas wasOnBoard Mir space station
Kurs automatic docking system usedOn Mir space station
Progress-M1 typicalDestination Mir space station
Mir core module partOf Mir space station
Kristall usedOn Mir space station
Kristall deorbitedWith Mir space station
Priroda reenteredWith Mir space station
Shuttle-Mir docking module connectsWith Mir space station
Shuttle-Mir docking module deorbitedWith Mir space station
STS-89 visitedSpaceStation Mir space station
Salyut space stations followedBy Mir space station
Project Juno sentTo Mir space station