Mir space station
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Modular Soviet and Russian orbital space station
Mir was the first modular assembled in orbit and a long-duration laboratory occupied by 28 principal . Its operations, international crews, Shuttle dockings, research program, repairs, and visiting vehicles provided essential experience for the International Space Station.
Space station dossier
Flight profile
- Launch
- Base block launched February 20, 1986
Vehicle record
- Manufacturer
- Soviet and Russian space organizations led by NPO Energia and Khrunichev
- Flights
- 28 principal resident
- First flight
- Mir EO-1, March 13, 1986
- Final flight
- Mir EO-28, June 16, 2000
- Resident expeditions
- 28 principal expeditions
- Human occupancy
- 1986-2000
- Status
- Deorbited March 23, 2001
People Who Lived or Worked Aboard
Photo Archive
Documented views of this individual vehicle, with source and credit retained alongside each image.