00:00On this day in space. In 1977 the Salyut 5 space station fell out of space and
00:07burned up in Earth's atmosphere. Salyut 5 was a Soviet space station and part of
00:11the highly secretive Almaz military space station program. It launched in
00:151976 and housed two crews of cosmonauts as they conducted military experiments
00:19and other scientific research in orbit. Originally four crewed missions were
00:23supposed to go to Salyut 5. However, the third crew was unable to dock their
00:27spacecraft and had to return home. The fourth mission had to be canceled
00:30because Salyut 5 was starting to run low on propellant for its main engines and
00:34attitude control system. Salyut 5 couldn't be refueled so it was deorbited and left
00:38to burn up in Earth's atmosphere. And that's what happened on this day in space.
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