Soyuz

Flight Details 5

Soyuz T-5 (Salyut 7)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 05/12/82
• Flight Time: 211d 09h 05m
• Number of Orbits: 3420 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Anatoli Beregovoy
• Valentine V. Lebedev

EVA's:

• 02h 33m - space walk

Payloads:

• Iskra 2

Mission Highlights: The Soviet Union returned to long-duration missions with the new Salyut 7 space station (launched 4/19/82) and promptly set a new endurance record of over 211 days. During the flight, a small amateur radio satellite, Iskra 2, was launched from Salyut. During a 2-hour space walk, Lebedev conducted tests of procedures for constructing structures in space. The Soyuz T-5 crew was visited by two short-duration flights during their 7 months in space.

Soyuz T-6 (Salyut 7)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 06/24/82
• Flight Time: 007d 21h 51m
• Number of Orbits: 0128 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Vladimir A. Dzanibekov
• Alexander S. Ivanchenkov
• Jean-Loup Chretien (France)

EVA's:

• None

Payloads:

• None

Mission Highlights: This flight marked the first non-socialist country citizen to fly aboard a Soviet spacecraft. Frenchman Chretien and his two Soviet counterparts conducted biomedical and other experiments aboard Salyut 7 with the Soyuz T-5 crew.

Soyuz T-7 (Salyut 7)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 08/19/82
• Flight Time: 007d 21h 52m
• Number of Orbits: 0128 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Leonid I. Popov
• Alexander A. Serebrov
• Svetlana Y. Savitskaya

EVA's:

• None

Payloads:

• None

Mission Highlights: The Soviets duplicated their feat of placing a woman in space with the inclusion of Svetlana Savitskaya to the crew of Soyuz T-7. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space during the Vostok 6 flight of 1963. The crew conducted biomedical and Earth resources experiments aboard the Salyut 7 station with the long-duration crew of Soyuz T-5.

Soyuz T-8 (Salyut 7)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 04/20/83
• Flight Time: 002d 00h 17m
• Number of Orbits: 0033 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Vladimir G. Titov
• Gennadi M. Strekalov
• Alexander A. Serebrov

EVA's:

• None

Payloads:

• None

Mission Highlights: What was to have been another mission aboard Salyut 7 was cut short after only 2 days, when Soyuz T-8 failed to dock with Salyut. Because of limited fuel carried in the Soyuz spacecraft, the crew had to return to Earth after their unsuccessful docking attempts.

Soyuz T-9 (Salyut 7)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 06/26/83
• Flight Time: 149d 10h 46m
• Number of Orbits: 2418 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Vladimir A. Lyakhov
• Alexander P. Alexandrov

EVA's:

• 02h 50m - space walk
• 02h 55m - space walk

Payloads:

• None

Mission Highlights: During this long-duration mission aboard Salyut 7, the cosmonauts conducted two space walks to install additional solar panels on the Salyut. The Soviets also launched an unmanned Cosmos 1443 spacecraft, which docked with Salyut 7, thereby almost doubling its habitable space. Various biomedical, Earth resources, and space science experiments were conducted by the crew.

Soyuz T-10a

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 09/27/83
• Flight Time: 000d 00h 00m
• Number of Orbits: 0000 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Vladimir G. Titov
• Gennadi M. Strekalov

EVA's:

• None

Payloads:

• None

Mission Highlights: The Soviets experienced their second Soyuz launch failure during the countdown for the Soyuz T-10 mission. The Soyuz A-2 booster rocket exploded on the launch pad seconds after the Soyuz escape tower pulled the spacecraft and crew to safety. Apparently, sensors detected a critical malfunciton, triggering the escape tower sequence. At an altitude of several hundred feet, the instrument module of the Soyuz was blown free of the command module, which floated to Earth by parachute, only several thousand feet from the burning booster rocket. The crew survived the mishap despite being subjected to high G-forces.

Soyuz T-10 (Salyut 7)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 02/08/84
• Flight Time: 236d 22h 49m
• Number of Orbits: 3834 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Leonid D. Kizim
• Vladimir A. Solovyev
• Oleg Y. Atkov

EVA's:

• 03h 45m - space walk
• 04h 58m - space walk
• 02h 45m - space walk
• 02h 45m - space walk
• 03h 05m - space walk
• 05h 00m - space walk

Payloads:

• None

Mission Highlights: This flight was the replacement to the previous Soyuz T-10 launch attempt, which resulted in an emergency launch abort. The Soyuz T-10 crew set a new flight duration record aboard Salyut 7, surpassing the previous record of 149 days. During this long flight, six space walks were conducted by Kizim and Solovyev to complete the installation of additional solar panels on the Salyut 7 and to make other repairs to the station.

Soyuz T-11 (Salyut 7)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 04/03/84
• Flight Time: 007d 21h 40m
• Number of Orbits: 0128 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Yuri V. Malyshev
• Gennadi M. Strekalov
• Rakesh Sharma (India)

EVA's:

• None

Payloads:

• None

Mission Highlights: The first Indian cosmonaut was among the crew of this mission aboard Salyut 7. Together with the long-duration Soyuz T-10 crew, they carried out biomedical and Earth resources experiments. The crew returned to Earth in the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft, leaving Soyuz T-11 for the long-duration crew.

Soyuz T-12 (Salyut 7)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 07/17/84
• Flight Time: 011d 19h 15m
• Number of Orbits: 0191 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Vladimir A. Dzanibekov
• Igor P. Volk
• Svetlana Y. Savitskaya

EVA's:

• 03h 35m - space walk

Payloads:

• None

Mission Highlights: Savitskaya became the first woman to perform an EVA during this Soyuz mission. She and Dzanibekov performed the space walk to conduct space construction experiments, including metal cutting and welding. The crew also conducted joint experiments aboard Salyut 7 with the Soyuz T-10 long-duration crew.

Soyuz T-13 (Salyut 7)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 06/05/85
• Flight Time: 112d 03h 12m
• Number of Orbits: 1794 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Vladimir A. Dzanibekov
• Viktor P. Savinykh (168d -- returned with Soyuz T-14)

EVA's:

• 05h 00m - space walk

Payloads:

• None

Mission Highlights: After serious system failures occurred in the Salyut 7 station during the earlier Soyuz T-12 flight, the primary objective of this long-duration flight was to make repairs to Salyut. The crew found the atmosphere inside the station nearly unbreathable and extremely cold. During a 5-hour space walk, the cosmonauts made repairs to the station's electrical and other systems. Savinykh remained on board Salyut and returned with Soyuz T-14 commander Grechko after a total of 168 days in space.

Soyuz T-14 (Salyut 7)

Mission Statistics:

• Date: 09/17/85
• Flight Time: 064d 21h 52m
• Number of Orbits: 1050 orbits

Cosmonaut Crew:

• Vladimir V. Vasyutin
• Alexander A. Volkov
• Georgi M. Grechko (008d -- returned with Soyuz T-13)

EVA's:

• None

Payloads:

• None

Mission Highlights: With the flight of Soyuz T-14, the Soviet Union completed the first crew exchange of a Salyut station without a break in occupancy. Grechko returned to Earth with Dzanibekov of the Soyuz T-13 crew after 8 days in space, leaving his two companions in the Salyut with Soyuz T-13 crew member Savinykh. During the mission, Cosmos 1686 was docked with Salyut, effectively doubling its habitable space. The Soyuz T-14 crew, with Savinykh, made an emergency return to Earth when Vasyutin became ill and required hospitalization.

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