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Space Habitats & Life Support · Recorded milestone

First space station

Recorded year1971

The Soviet Salyut 1 hosts the first crew to live in orbit.

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Built on

TransistorRecorded · 1947requires
Silicon solar cellRecorded · 1954requires
Human spaceflightRecorded · 1961enables

Led to

Modular space stationRecorded · 1986enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.