Noun
either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s
Source: WordNetEach of these extended the human record of 23 days for amount of time spent in space set by the Soviet Soyuz 11 crew aboard the space station Salyut 1 on June 30, 1971. Source: Internet
Hygiene Space toilet in the Zvezda Service Module Showers on space stations were introduced in the early 1970s on Skylab and Salyut 3. Benson, Charles Dunlap and William David Compton. Source: Internet
In this period, the Soviets resumed EVAs, making four from the Salyut 6 and Salyut 7 space stations between December 20, 1977, and July 30, 1982. Source: Internet
National, ethnic and gender firsts * The first woman to perform an EVA was Soviet Svetlana Savitskaya on July 25, 1984 while aboard the Salyut 7 space station. Source: Internet
The earlier Soviet stations were all designated "Salyut", but among these there were two distinct types: civilian and military. Source: Internet
They started with a series of Salyut sortie stations from 1971 to 1986. Source: Internet