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		jarofgreen on Jan 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One hull crack located in ISS, another one suspect... > It's mankind's first permanent foothold in space. Mir?

elihu on Jan 23, 2021 [–]

Good point, I forgot about Mir. According to wikipedia it lasted from 1986 to 2001.

I had briefly considered Skylab, but figured it didn't really count as "permanent". Wikipedia says it was up for 24 weeks.

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