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Space gun lifts off

Almaz OPS-2 space station launched 50 years ago on June 25, 1974.

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August 15: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Progress MS-28 from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS.

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50 years ago:

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HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Luna-Glob's space tug to reenter

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HISTORY

50 years ago: The USSR tests crew transport for military space station

50 years ago: USSR kills its Moon rocket

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