A quarter-century later, in 1987, this concept became reality when the Kvant module was added to the Mir core station. First-generation space stations had one docking port and could not be ...

The Soviets open a new phase in space exploration with the launch of the world's biggest space station, Mir in 1986.Kalaththuli is presented by Raj, our reporter in Tamil Nadu.

The International Space Station (ISS) has been a symbol of global cooperation and scientific advancement for over two decades ...

named in honor of the Shuttle-Mir program, a space-based collaboration between the United States and Russia that saw shuttles visit the orbiting station in a then-unprecedented spirit of cooperation.