1) MIRs precursor 2) Space laboratory 3) Space platform 4) Space station 
any of a series of Soviet space stations (of two designs), launched between 1971 and 1982, that served as living quarters and scientific laboratories ... [7 related articles]
Salyut 1 An early series of Soviet space stations of which seven were launched over a period of a decade beginning in 1971 with Salyut 1, the world`s first space station. The Salyuts were intended to make human presence in space routine and continuous. As well as doing scientific research and s...
[n] - either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s
noun either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s