Mir Station
Mir was named after the Russian word for “peace.” The U.S.S.R. intended to use the spacecraft for long-term research projects. In 1986, the Soviets launched the first of its modules. They did so from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which at the time, was part of the Soviet Union.
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After the first module went into orbit, six more were added to complete the space station’s structure during the next decade. Mir orbited at a speed of over 17,000 miles per hour during its run. The altitude was between 220 and 232 miles away from earth.