Salyut 6 soviet space station. View of the Soviet Salyut 6, or DOS-5, orbital space station in orbit above the Earth with the Soyuz 31 spacecraft (bot

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Salyut 6 soviet space station. View of the Soviet Salyut 6, or DOS-5, orbital space station in orbit above the Earth with the Soyuz 31 spacecraft (bottom) docked with it. Salyut 6 was the eighth orbital space station flown as part of the Salyut programme. It was launched on 29th September 1977 and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 29th July 1982. Soyuz 31 docked with the space station on 27th August 1978.

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