Salyut 5 at 50: The Soviet space station that sickened one crew and nearly drowned another

It is half a century since the Soviet Union launched the final crewed Almaz space station, also known as Salyut 5, which was home to two crews, while a third mission failed to dock and nearly came to a watery end. The Almaz stations were launched for the Soviet military and are better known as Salyut 2, 3, and 5. There were additional stations...

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