Salyut programme
SOVIET SPACE STATION PROGRAMME
Saliut; Salyut; Salyut Program; DOS (spacecraft); Salyut program; Salyut 8; Salyut 9
The Salyut programme (, , meaning "salute" or "fireworks") was the first space station programme, undertaken by the Soviet Union. It involved a series of four crewed scientific research space stations and two crewed military reconnaissance space stations over a period of 15 years, from 1971 to 1986.