Mir program

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Russian space program Soviet space program space program

The Mir program was a Soviet and later Russian initiative that operated the world’s first long-duration modular space station, serving as a key precursor to the International Space Station.

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instanceOf Russian space program ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ
space program ⓘ
cargoResupplyVehicle Progress ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
crewCapacity typically three cosmonauts ⓘ
crewTransportVehicle Soyuz spacecraft ⓘ
surface form: Soyuz
firstModuleLaunchDate 1986-02-20 ⓘ
focus international space cooperation ⓘ
long-duration human spaceflight ⓘ
microgravity research ⓘ
space station operations ⓘ
followedBy International Space Station program ⓘ
includedProgram Shuttle–Mir Program ⓘ
internationalPartner Canada ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
launchVehicle Proton rocket ⓘ
surface form: Proton-K
mainSpacecraft Mir ⓘ
notableAstronautInvolved Norman E. Thagard ⓘ
surface form: Norman Thagard

Sergei K. Krikalev ⓘ
surface form: Sergei Krikalev

Shannon Lucid ⓘ
Valeri Polyakov ⓘ
notableFor being a key precursor to the International Space Station ⓘ
operating the first long-duration modular space station ⓘ
operator Roscosmos ⓘ
Roscosmos ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federal Space Agency

Soviet space program ⓘ
parentOrganization Roscosmos ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ
precededBy Salyut 1 ⓘ
surface form: Salyut program
record longest continuous human presence in space at the time ⓘ
longest single human spaceflight duration at the time ⓘ
spaceStationAdditionalModule Kristall ⓘ
Kvant-1 ⓘ
Kvant-2 ⓘ
Priroda ⓘ
Spektr ⓘ
spaceStationAverageAltitude about 400 kilometers ⓘ
spaceStationConfiguration modular, multi-port core module with attached modules ⓘ
spaceStationCoreModule Mir core module ⓘ
spaceStationDeorbitDate 2001-03-23 ⓘ
spaceStationDeorbitLocation South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
spaceStationDockingModule Shuttle-Mir docking module ⓘ
spaceStationInclination 51.6 degrees ⓘ
spaceStationNameLanguage Russian ⓘ
spaceStationNameMeaning peace ⓘ
spaceStationOrbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
spaceStationType modular space station ⓘ

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