Soyuz 19 EPAS

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	15.07.1975
Launch time:	12:20 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	186 - 220 km
Declination:	51,78°
Docking ASTP:	17.07.1975, 16:09:09 UT
Undocking ASTP:	19.07.1975, 15:26:12 UT
Landing date:	21.07.1975
Landing time:	10:50 UT
Landing site:	50° 40' N, 67° 1' E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Leonov	Aleksei Arkhipovich	Commander	2	5d 22h 30m	97
2	Kubasov	Valeri Nikolayevich	Flight Engineer	2	5d 22h 30m	97

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Leonov
2	Kubasov

Landing
1	Leonov
2	Kubasov

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Filipchenko	Anatoli Vasiliyevich	Commander
2	Rukavishnikov	Nikolai Nikolayevich	Flight Engineer

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Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 87 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Docking with US-Apollo-spacecraft ASTP on 17.07.1975; docking time 52 hours. It was the first docking of two spacecrafts, launched from different nations. The crewmembers rotated between both spacecrafts and perfomed material experiments. After separation second short-time docking with Soyuz 19 as the active part but no more crew transfer. After final separating the crew performed several experiments including solar and earth photography.

The landing was without any problems, only 6 km far from its aim point.