MAKE A MEME View Large Image Moscow announced plans to have a large, permanently manned space station orbiting the Earth in the 1990s. In February 1986 they launched the core vehicle of the modular space station named "Mir". The Soviets planned to use ...
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Keywords: In the mid-1980s, Moscow announced plans to have a large, permanently manned space station orbiting the Earth in the 1990s. In February 1986 they launched the core vehicle of the modular space station named "Mir". The Soviets planned to use the space shuttle orbiter "Buran", then in development, to carry payloads and assist in the assembly of the space station. Date: 1986 (Credit: Defense Intelligence Agency/Brian W. McMullin) In the mid-1980s, Moscow announced plans to have a large, permanently manned space station orbiting the Earth in the 1990s. In February 1986 they launched the core vehicle of the modular space station named "Mir". The Soviets planned to use the space shuttle orbiter "Buran", then in development, to carry payloads and assist in the assembly of the space station. Date: 1986 (Credit: Defense Intelligence Agency/Brian W. McMullin)
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