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Mir

1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories

Mir

First continuously inhabited modular space station; operated until 2001.

Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
19 Feb 1986
Lead / partner
Soviet Union / Russia
Target
Earth orbit
Category
Space station
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Mir flew during 1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories, as part of Soviet Union / Russia's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First continuously inhabited modular space station; operated until 2001.

Results

First continuously inhabited modular space station; operated until 2001.

Related missions

Mir Ginga — same_target Ginga Tenma — same_target Tenma COBE — same_target COBE Hipparcos — same_target Hipparcos

COBE

Success

United States · 1989

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-22)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog