A YEAR IN SPACE
A YEAR IN SPACE 1993
1 July, Launch at Baikonour
In 1993, an OMEGA Speedmaster spent a full 365-day stay on the Russian Mir space station to test the effects of a prolonged zero gravity environment on the watch. At the end of its stay – around 5840 orbits of the Earth – the Speedmaster was found to be in perfect working order, keeping time as accurately as the day its voyage began.
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![Russian space station Mir](chronicle/img/template/mobile/1993/1993-russian-space-station-mir.jpg)
![The OMEGA Speedmaster that spent a year in space](chronicle/img/template/mobile/1993/1993-the-omega-speedmaster-that-spent-a-year-in-space.jpg)
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