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May 2, 2024 · The rescue of Salyut 7 in June 1985 by cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh is an amazing story. Do you think it’s one of the Soviet space program’s finest hours? ...
5 days ago · After losing the race to the Moon in 1969, the Soviet Union adapted the Soyuz to ferry crews to space stations. Soyuz 11 carried the inaugural crew to the Salyut 1 station in June 1971, but, after a record-setting 23 days aboard, the three cosmonauts died when their descent module accidentally depressurized while returning to Earth.
Apr 26, 2024 · Jean-Loup Chrétien is a French astronaut who was the first person from western Europe to go into space, aboard a Soviet flight to the Salyut 7 space station in June 1982. Chrétien flew a second Soviet mission to space station Mir in 1988 and then returned to Mir as a U.S.-trained astronaut aboard
May 1, 2024 · The first era of the Soyuz programme's crewed missions (Soyuz 1-40) used the 7K series of Soyuz craft, which included the first-generation (1.0) Soyuz 7K-OK, a variant (1.5) Soyuz 7K-OKS, the second-generation (2.0) Soyuz 7K-T, and the (2.5) Soyuz 7K-TM variant. Following this first era, successive eras of crewed missions have had mission ...
Apr 30, 2024 · He first flew into space on Sept. 17, 1985, as a research cosmonaut aboard Soyuz T-14 to the Salyut 7 space station. While stationed on Salyut 7, Volkov and two fellow crew members, commander Vladimir Vasyutin and flight engineer Georgy Grechko, conducted scientific and technical experiments with military applications.
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Apr 14, 2024 · Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian astronaut when he flew to the Soviet Union’s Salyut-7 space station in 1984 on a Soviet Soyuz T-11 rocket. While Sharma spent seven days in space, the NS-25 mission carrying Thotakura will only spend about an hour in flight from takeoff to landing.
1 day ago · Salyut 7: USSR 26 April – 18 May 1984 Spacewalk by a woman Svetlana Savitskaya: Soyuz T-12: USSR 25 July 1984 Welding in space Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Svetlana Savitskaya: Salyut 7, Soyuz T-12: USSR 25 July 1984 People in orbit 33 weeks (7 months) Leonid Kizim, Vladimir Solovyov, Oleg Atkov: Salyut 7 EO-3, Soyuz T-10-Soyuz T-11: USSR 8 February ...
