Salyut 4

 

         

 

 

 

 

Salyut 4

was the second civilian space station

launched by the USSR 

it was very similar to Salyut 1 except for the position 

and style of the solar wings

during the last mission conditions became damp

and uncomfortable with green mould growing on the walls

 

26 12 1974

02 02 1977

Salyut 4
 

Launched successfully

 

It was visited by three Soyuz missions, with one failing to reach orbit

Soyuz space missions to Salyut 4

10 01 1975 Soyuz 17
Gubarev

Grechko

Docked and stayed for a month

 

05 04 1975 Soyuz 18A
Lazarev

Makarov

Launch failure, suborbital abort

 

24 05 1975 Soyuz 18
Klimuk

Sevastyanov

Docked and stayed for 63 days, docking at night under manual control

 

24 05 1975 Soyuz 20
 

Unmanned test of automated docking procedure successful

 

to Salyut 6

         

 

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