
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
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Launched successfully
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It was visited by three Soyuz missions, with one failing to reach orbit
Soyuz space missions to Salyut 4
| 10 01 1975 | Soyuz 17
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Gubarev Grechko |
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Docked and stayed for a month
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| 05 04 1975 | Soyuz 18A
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Lazarev Makarov |
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Launch failure, suborbital abort
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| 24 05 1975 | Soyuz 18 |
Klimuk
Sevastyanov |
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Docked and stayed for 63 days, docking at night under manual control
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| 24 05 1975 | Soyuz 20 |
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Unmanned test of automated docking procedure successful
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Man In Space
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