Transcription: The Soviets, however, shifted their resources into orbiting space stations. Salyut marked the beginning of the Soviet plans. Despite several terrible accidents, the Salyut program was hugely successful, providing researchers with invaluable information on how humans react to long-term space flight. Skylab was the American version, but after only three missions, the craft plummeted back into the atmosphere, burning up. Again, the U.S. lagged.
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