| He spent eight days in space aboard the Salyut 7 space station. |
| In 1977 cosmonauts on the Russian spacecraft Salyut 6 broke the endurance record set by which American spacecraft? |
| Beginning with Salyut VI, Soviet astronautics took a leading position in long-term space flights as well as in international space programs. |
| The Salyut and Mir orbital stations were part of a unique program for a stage-by-stage building of human presence in circumterrestrial space. |
| Instead, a breakdown of the Soyuz 33's main engine just 1000m from the Soviet Salyut space station threatened to turn the episode into tragedy. |
