4.2K views · 59 reactions | On Aug. 8, 1977, the Salyut 5 space station fell out of space and burned up in Earth's atmosphere. | Space.com | Facebook

1.2M views · 91K reactions | The station now has 11 crew members with the arrival of the four SpaceX #Crew5 members today. They'll work in space conducting advanced research for the next several months. More... https://go.nasa.gov/3SJvoC6 | International Space Station | Facebook

On Aug. 29, 1965, two NASA astronauts returned from their record-breaking Gemini 5 mission. Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad spent eight days in Earth's orbit, and for the first time, the United States set a world record for the duration of a crewed spaceflight. While in orbit, the astronauts were supposed to test rendezvous capabilities and maneuvers using a pod that deployed from their spacecraft. But due to an electrical problem, they had to cancel those plans along with several science experime