Soviet Union postage stamp featuring the Salyut 6 space station. Salyut 6 was dropped on July 29, 1983. Image: Public Domain/USSR Post
SPACE — On July 29, 1982, the space station Salyut 6 crashed back to earth from outer space. It burns safely in the Earth’s atmosphere along our atmospheric inlet.
Salyut 6 is the eighth space station built by the Soviet Union for its Salyut program. Salyut 6 spent nearly five years in orbit and supported five different cosmonaut missions.
While on board the Salyut 6, the cosmonauts made astronomical observations and studied the effects of space flights on the human body. Although the aging space station was deemed fully functional in 1982, a fungal problem in the passenger compartment led the Soviets to abandon the orbiting laboratory.
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The Soviets intentionally sent Salyut 6 to Earth, where it was planned to burn up in the atmosphere before crashing to the ground. And the deorbit mission was a success. Source: Space.com
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