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5 videos

  1. Space Stations from Salyut 1 to Tiangong and Beyond

    Published: 7 Dec 2025

    A five-minute survey of space stations: Salyut 1, Skylab, the Salyut program, Mir, the ISS, Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2, the Tiangong Space Station, and planned future stations such as the Lunar…

  2. Mir Space Station: Why Its Design Made It a Success

    Published: 23 May 2025

    A design-focused look at the Mir space station, covering its modules, their origins in Salyut, TKS and Buran hardware, and Galina Balashova's interior design.

    Outcome
    Success

  3. Mir: 15 Years of Modules, Mold, Fire and a Progress Collision

    Published: 14 Oct 2024

    A history of the Mir space station from its 1986 core module launch on a Proton rocket to its 2001 deorbit.

    Outcome
    Success

  4. Mir Space Station: Building and Ending a 15-Year Orbital Outpost

    Mission: 1986Published: 1 Nov 2021

    A history of the Mir space station, whose core module launched on a Proton-K from Baikonur on 19 February 1986.

    View mission: Mir (1986)
    Launch site
    Baikonur Cosmodrome

  5. Mir in 1997: Fire, a Failed Docking System and a Progress Collision

    Published: 23 Jun 2021

    A documentary-style account of the Mir space station, from its 1986 core module launch to the troubled year 1997.

    View mission: Mir Space Station