Soyuz

 

         

page two

 

 

 

 

 

After the death of the crew of Soyuz 11 upon reentry

the craft was flown by only two cosmonauts wearing pressure suits 

and the solar panels were replaced by batteries

 


soyuz launch

 

Soyuz space missions 2

22 04 1971 Soyuz 10
Shatalov

Yeliseyev

Rukhavishnikov

Docked but could not enter Salyut 1,the worlds first spacestation

 

06 06 1971 Soyuz 11
Dobrovolsky

Volkov

Patseyev

Docked and entered Salyut 1
after spending three weeks aboard crew killed during reentry

 

27 09 1973 Soyuz 12
Lazarev

Makarov

First test of modified craft

 

18 12 1973 Soyuz 13
Klimuk

Lebedev

solo flight for astronomical observation

 

03 07 1974 Soyuz 14
Popovitch

Artyukin

Docked and occupied Salyut 3 for 2 weeks

 

26 08 1974 Soyuz 15
Sarafanov

Demin

Failed to rendezvous with Salyut 3 and returned  to earth

 

02 12 1974

Soyuz 16
Filipchenko

Rukhavishnikov

Rehearsal for Soviet role in ASTP

 

10 01 1975 Soyuz 17
Gubarev

Grechko

Docked with Salyut 4 and stayed for a month

 

05 04 1975 Soyuz 18A
Lazarev

Makarov

Launch failure, suborbital abort

 

24 05 1975 Soyuz 18
Klimuk

Sevastyanov

Docked with Salyut 4 and stayed for 63 days, docking at night under manual control

 

15 07 1975

21 07 1975

Soyuz 19
Leonov

Kubasov

Docked with Apollo 18 on July 17. remained docked for two days

 

24 05 1975 Soyuz 20
 

Unmanned test of automated docking procedure with Salyut 4 successful

 

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