Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 52

Soyuz 17

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USSR

early Salyut patch

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first Salyut patch

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  10.01.1975
Launch time:  21:43 UTC
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  185 - 249 km
Inclination:  51,63°
Docking Salyut 4:  12.01.1975, 01:25 UTC
Undocking Salyut 4:  09.02.1975, 06:08 UTC
Landing date:  09.02.1975
Landing time:  11:03 UTC
Landing site:  110 km NE of Tselinograd
Crew Soyuz 17

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alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USSR  Gubarev  Aleksei Aleksandrovich  Commander 1 29d 13h 19m  466 
2 USSR  Grechko  Georgi Mikhailovich  Flight Engineer 1 29d 13h 19m  466 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Gubarev
2  Grechko
Soyuz spaceship
Landing
1  Gubarev
2  Grechko

Animations: Soyuz

Launch deorbit entry
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1st Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1 USSR  Lazarev  Vasili Grigoriyevich  Commander
2 USSR  Makarov  Oleg Grigoriyevich  Flight Engineer
Crew Soyuz 17 (1st double)

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2nd Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 USSR  Klimuk  Pyotr Iliyich  Commander
2 USSR  Sevastiyanov  Vitali Ivanovich  Flight Engineer
Crew Soyuz 17 (2nd double)

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 110 km northeast of Tselinograd. Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the space station Salyut 4 on 12.01.1975, which had been launched 3 days earlier.

Transfer into space station and 29 days stay time there. Several astronomical experiments were performed. The crew discovered that the main mirror of the solar telescope had been ruined by direct exposure to sunlight when the pointing system failed. They resurfaced the mirror and worked out a way of pointing the telescope using a stethoscope, stopwatch, and the noises the moving mirror made in its casing.

Photos / Drawings

Salyut 4 crew in training
Soyuz 17 on launch pad  

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