Salyut–7 was launched in Apr. 1982. Its exterior was similar to that of Salyut–6 but its interior had been modernized both in instrumentation and living conditions. There were several manned missions of long duration before Salyut–7 was abandoned in a high orbit in 1986 after theMirspace ...
Other teams focusing on the interior of space stations had concerns about how astronauts would live and perform their experiments. The interior space had to be designed to accommodate as many as three astronauts, along with supplies of food, water, and oxygen to last for many months. The inter...