page_title: 1986 in the Soviet Union
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 1986 in the Soviet Union / Events / February
caption_attribution_description: English: Russia's Mir space station is backdropped over the blue and white planet Earth in this medium range photograph recorded during the final fly-around of the members of the fleet of NASA's shuttles. Seven crew members, including Andrew S.W. Thomas, were aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery when the photo was taken; and two of his former cosmonaut crewmates remained aboard Mir. Thomas ended up spending 141 days in space on this journey, including time aboard Space Shuttles Endeavour and Discovery, which transported him to and from Mir.
context_page_description: The following lists events that happened during 1986 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
context_section_description: 20 February – The first component of the Mir space station - the core module - is launched.
  24 February – VI Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR opens in Krasnoyarsk.
  25 February – The 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is opened, where the concept of glasnost emerges.
caption: Mir
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