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Feb 2023
33m 12s

THE LAST SOVIET - EP 2: Salyut 7

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The world’s only space station goes dark. And now Soviet cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev has to lead one of the riskiest missions ever flown in space. He alone is tasked with saving the Soviet Space program from catastrophe.

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