abstract:Salyut 7 (; ) (aka DOS-6) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991.David Portree - Mir Hardware Heritage (1995) - Page 90-95 - NASA RP1357 It was first manned in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15.