Salyut 7 was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15. Various crew and modules were used over its lifetime, including 12 crewed and 15 uncrewed launches in total.

Is Salyut 7 real?

The movie tells a lesser known story of the Soviet Space Station Salyut 7 and a brave crew of two cosmonauts sent to the Station to carry out emergency repairs. ... Bear in mind, that even though the movie is based on real events, some episodes are grossly exaggerated or even entirely made up.

Is Salyut 7 still in orbit?

Salyut 7 was the last of the Salyut stations, remaining in space for six years after initially going dark. But as its orbit decayed, accelerated by solar activity, Salyut 7 eventually burned up over South America on February 7, 1991.