Russian space station Mir

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The Russian space station Mir was a modular, long-duration orbital research outpost that served as the centerpiece of Soviet and later Russian human spaceflight from the mid-1980s until its deorbit in 2001.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modular space station
orbital research station
space station
actualOperationalLife about 15 years
apogeeAltitude approximately 374 km
configuration modular
coreModule Mir Core Module
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
deorbitControlledBy Progress M1-5 NERFINISHED
deorbitDate 2001-03-23
designLife 5 years
firstCommander Leonid Kizim NERFINISHED
firstCrewArrivalDate 1986-03-13
firstCrewMission Soyuz T-15 NERFINISHED
firstFlightEngineer Vladimir Solovyov GENERATED
firstModuleLaunchDate 1986-02-20
followedBy International Space Station NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance first continuously inhabited long-term modular space station
served as main platform for Soviet and Russian human spaceflight in late 20th century
hostedAstronautsFrom Canada NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
other countries
inclination 51.6 degrees
internationalCooperation Interkosmos program NERFINISHED
Shuttle–Mir Program NERFINISHED
languageOfName Russian
lastModuleLaunchDate 1996-04-23
launchDate 1986-02-20
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200/39 NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Proton-K rocket NERFINISHED
length about 19 meters
longestSingleStayDuration 437.7 days
module Docking Module
Kristall NERFINISHED
Kvant-1 NERFINISHED
Kvant-2 NERFINISHED
Mir Core Module NERFINISHED
Priroda NERFINISHED
Spektr NERFINISHED
nameMeaning peace
world
notableIncident 1997-02-23 onboard fire in Kvant-1
1997-06-25 collision with Progress M-34
notableProgram Phase 1 Shuttle–Mir Program NERFINISHED
operator Russian space program
Soviet space program NERFINISHED
orbitalInsertionDate 1986-02-20
orbitalPeriod about 92 minutes
orbitalStatus deorbited
orbitType low Earth orbit
perigeeAltitude approximately 354 km
precededBy Salyut 7 NERFINISHED
pressurizedVolume about 350 cubic meters
primaryMission Earth observation
long-duration human spaceflight
microgravity research
technology demonstration
recordHolderForLongestSingleStay Valeri Polyakov NERFINISHED
reentryDate 2001-03-23
reentryLocation South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
spaceAgency RKK Energia NERFINISHED
Roscosmos NERFINISHED
spanWithSolarArrays about 31 meters
totalMass approximately 130000 kg
totalNumberOfCrewedExpeditions 28
totalNumberOfSpacewalks 80+
totalNumberOfVisitors 100+
visitingVehicle Progress NERFINISHED
Soyuz NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle NERFINISHED

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STS-81 destination Russian space station Mir