What was the first successful space station?
2007-10-13 07:03:16 · 3 answers · asked by frog princess 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Salyut 1 in 1971.
2007-10-13 07:09:43 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Depends on your definition of success.
If you mean which was the first space station that was functional for any period of time, that would be Cosmos 557 (it re-entered the atmosphere after 11 days in orbit.
The first that remained functional for an extended perios that would be Skylab in 1973-1974.
The other space stations before these 2 (Salyut 1 through 7) failed in one way or another.
Mir (1986-2000) was functional longer (28 different rotation crews).
And ISS has lasted the longest (since 2000).
2007-10-13 07:12:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
spacelab
mir
cheers!
2007-10-13 07:09:29 · answer #3 · answered by michael 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋