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Soviet era spaceship reborn.
In the 1970s, the Soviets designed a military space station called Almaz....
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Waiting for the Chinese space statio...
We’ve seen space stations before. The old Soviet Union got the ball...
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Military Cosmonaut Dies
Not many people know that the Soviets launched military space stations. There...
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The Astounding Journey of Soyuz T-15
For a short period of time, in 1986, the Soviet Union had two space stations....
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3 Memorable Spacewalks—That Are Larg...
The first space walk—by Alexi Leonov in March 1965—and the first American...
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