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Astronomy Fact of the Day: May 7, 2020

Soyuz T-5 spacecraft (foreground) docked with the Salyut 7 space station, as photographed in orbit from Soyuz T-6.
Image: Tass/Sovfoto via Britannica Online.

On this date in 1984, Progress 21, an unmanned Soviet resupply flight, was launched to the Salyut 7 orbital station.

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