Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 63

Soyuz 28

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  02.03.1978
Launch time:  15:28 UT
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  192 - 246 km
Inclination:  51,63°
Docking Salyut 6:  03.03.1978, 17:09:30 UT
Undocking Salyut 6:  10.03.1978, 10:23:30 UT
Landing date:  10.03.1978
Landing time:  13:44 UT
Landing site:  135 km N of Arkalyk

walkout photo

Crew Soyuz 28

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USSR  Gubarev  Aleksei Aleksandrovich  Commander 2 7d 22h 17m  125 
2 Czechoslovakia  Remek  Vladimír "Volodya"  Research Cosmonaut 1 7d 22h 17m  125 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Gubarev
2  Remek
Soyuz spaceship
Landing
1  Gubarev
2  Remek

Animations: Soyuz

Launch deorbit entry
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Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 USSR  Rukavishnikov  Nikolai Nikolayevich  Commander
2 Czechoslovakia  Pelczak  Oldrich "Olda"  Research Cosmonaut
Crew Soyuz 28 (double)

alternate crew photo

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 135 km north of Arkalyk.

First Interkosmos-Mission with a Czech-Slowakian cosmonaut on board. Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the Salyut 6 space station on 03.03.1978 and common work with the first resident crew.

Interkosmos missions had mainly political purposes but also some scientific experiments were performed, as crystall growing experiments, materials processing, earth-observations, medical-biological tests.

Photos / Drawings

Salyut 6 Salyut 6
Soyuz 28 on the launch pad Soyuz 28 on the launch pad
Soyuz 28 launch Soyuz 28 visits Salyut 6
Soyuz 28 recovery  

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