In 1985 one of the most audacious space rescue missions was launched by the Soviets to recover a space station that had been dead for months due to an unknown fault.
A feat that was unparalleled in space exploration and rewrote the books on what was thought possible: and yet, its story has fallen into obscurity and conspiracy theories.
This is the story Salyut 7 and how the Soviet crew of two, Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Victor Savinikh against the odds rescued it in a daring mission that was the first of its kind in space exploration.
The Salyut Videos
Title: Salyut 7 - The forgotten rescue of a dead space station Published on Jun 29, 2017 YouTube Code: https://youtu.be/8EPbJRsN1Zk Duration: 10:36 (HTML5)
