Space·3 min read·medium
On this day in space! Aug. 8, 1977: Soviet Union's Salyut 5 reconnaissance space station burns up in Earth's atmosphere
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Hanneke Weitering, Tariq Malik
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On August 8, 1977, the Soviet Union's Salyut 5 space station re-entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up. The station was part of the secretive Almaz military program and served as a platform for reconnaissance and scientific experiments.
Salyut 5 was a Soviet space station and part of the highly-secretive Almaz military space station program.
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