Space Station Timeline

By msamret

  • Salyut 1

    Salyut 1
    Salyut 1 was the first space station ever made, and was lauched by the Soviet Union in April 19, 1971.
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    Space Station Timeline

    Space Stations from 1971 to Present.

  • DOS-2

    DOS-2
    This is another station made by the USSR. It failed to launched on its first day;

  • Salyut 2

    Salyut 2
    This was a space station created by the USSR. After three days, the launch of this station resulted in failure.

  • Kosmos 557

    Kosmos 557
    It was a space station originally called DOS-3, but due to its failure to orbit, it was renamed Kosmos 557.

  • Skylab

    Skylab
    This space station was launched by NASA. This orbited teh earth from 1973 to 1979.

  • Salyut 3

    Salyut 3
    It was the first station (made by the USSR) to be launched successfuly. To hide its true military nature, it was put in the Salyut Program.

  • Salyut 4

    Salyut 4
    It was a copy of DOS-3, but it was actually successful unlike the original.

  • Salyut 5

    Salyut 5
    Also known as OPS-3. was a soviet union space station, and was launched in 1976 as part of the Salyut Programme.

  • Salyut 6

    Salyut 6
    This station was the first type of the second generation type of space station.

  • Salyut 7

    Salyut 7
    This is the last station in the Salyut program, which is replaced by Mir.

  • Mir

    Mir
    This was the first modular station, and was also the station with the most amount of human prescence of space, until surpassed by ISS.

  • International Space Station

    International Space Station
    This station serves as a microgravity and space environment.

  • Tiangong-1

    Tiangong-1
    This is China's first space station which is also used for an experimental laboratory.