Salyut

//sɑːlˈjuːt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the spacecraft involved in the Salyut programme, the first space station programme undertaken by the Soviet Union, from 1971 to 1986.

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"Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev were killed in re-entry in 1971. They were returning to Earth after successfully manning Salyut 1, the first Soviet space station."

Etymology

From Russian Салют (Saljut), from салют (saljut, “salute; fireworks”). Doublet of salute.

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soviet unionspace station

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