The day a rocket like the Chinese one fell in Argentina

It was February 7, 1991, around 1 a.m. The remains of Salyut 7, which means “greeting” in Russian, were oriented towards the Pacific Ocean, but they spread throughout Argentina.

As “God is Argentinian”, the nearly 30 shredded tons fell in unpopulated areas. The largest room was received by a family from Capitán Bermúdez, near Rosario in the courtyard of their house. San Juan, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Chubut were the provinces in which they received remains from the space station.

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The remains of Salyut 7 that fell on Argentinian soil

WHAT HAPPENED TO SALYUT 7

On February 11, 1985, the USSR lost control of its station. An emergency mission with Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Saviny was sent to rescue her. They were half successful.

On June 6, they managed to dock to save her, but discovered that micrometeorites were on the ship and the batteries were dead. They oriented the solar panels to generate electricity again and the heaters were turned on.

In 1991, he returned to the atmosphere, the USSR no longer came to save him and began to disintegrate. The remains fell in Argentina.

“Thousands of fragments broke off and incinerated in the atmosphere. Each of them moved away from the main body, consumed themselves in flames, and finally disappeared from view.», A described the astronomer Guillermo Goldes.

“I saw Saliut 7. When they ask me how it was, I smile. I can never describe the intensity of this moment“, declared the professor of the faculties of mathematics, astronomy, physics and computer science of the National University of Cordoba.