The term 'OLD RUSSIAN SPACE STATION' refers to the MIR space station, which was a Soviet and later Russian space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001. It was the first modular space station and held the record for the longest continuous human presence in space until the International Space Station surpassed it in 2010. The MIR space station was visited by astronauts from many countries and conducted many scientific experiments.