Mir was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, first by the Soviet Union and then by Russia. It was the first modular space station, assembled in orbit between 1986 and 1996 from seven pressurised modules, and for a time the largest artificial satellite. Mir was continuously inhabited for 3,644 days, hosted 105 cosmonauts and astronauts from 12 nations and was the site of Valeri Polyakov's 437 day spaceflight, the longest single human flight. NPO Energia operated the station at first, with KB Salyut as subcontractor, and Proton rockets lifted every module except the docking module, which the Space Shuttle installed. It was deorbited in March 2001 when funding ended.
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Initially, the station was operated by NPO Energia with subcontracting to KB Salyut.
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first by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation
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its initial Core Module was launched in 1986
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was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001
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Mir was deorbited in March 2001 after funding was cut off.
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Initially, the station was operated by NPO Energia with subcontracting to KB Salyut.
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first by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation
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