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List of Salyut expeditions

List of Salyut expeditions is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of Salyut expeditions rather than just read about it. In short: This is a chronological list of expeditions to the Salyut space stations. Initially these expeditions were not numbered, however the crews of Salyut 6 and Salyut 7 were numbered EO-n, where n is sequentially increased with each expedition to that particular station.

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Reference excerpt

This is a chronological list of expeditions to the Salyut space stations. Initially these expeditions were not numbered, however the crews of Salyut 6 and Salyut 7 were numbered EO-n, where n is sequentially increased with each expedition to that particular station. Taxi crews are excluded from this list (see List of human spaceflights to Salyut space stations for details). Salyut commanders are listed in italics. "Duration" refers to the crew and does not always correspond to "Flight up" or "Flight down". Missions which failed to reach or dock with the station are highlighted in red. The Salyut programme was a series of Soviet space stations launched during the 1970s and 1980s. Six Salyut space stations were crewed, whilst a number of other stations were not, either due to failures, or because they were prototypes and not designed to be crewed. Crewed flights as part of the Salyut programme ended in 1986, when Salyut was superseded by the Mir space station.

See also Salyut programme List of human spaceflights to Salyut space stations List of Salyut visitors List of Salyut spacewalks List of uncrewed spaceflights to Salyut space stations List of Mir Expeditions List of International Space Station Expeditions

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In the classroom: List of Salyut expeditions is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Expeditions to space stations, Expeditions to the Salyut space stations, Lists of space expeditions, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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